“The pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church and guide its followers.”

“The pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church and guide its followers.”

“The successor of Adrian in the popedom was a native of Sienna, and a temporal monarch as well as Adrian.”

“In the days following Giblets's glorious conquest of popedom many have wailed in ceaseless abject horror.”

“During the whole of Innocent's popedom he had been more or less at war with his citizens notwithstanding his success at first.”

“This was the holy man who first gave this goodly creature of the popeship to the world.”

“In their criticisms of the papacy, and in their exaltation of royal power, they laid the foundations on which later thinkers drew.”

“Finally, at a time designated by the Pope, the eldest cardinal deacon crowns the new Pope with the triple tiara of the papacy.”

“There were questions about the papacy and apostolic succession, about sin and grace, about the authority of Scripture and tradition.”

“Like any figure in popular culture, he has his trademarks, from kissing the soil of the country he is visiting, to the Popemobile.”

“Afterwards the Pope left the park again by Popemobile, once more waving to the crowds who had gathered.”

“His 4X4 Popemobile was driving along the golden sands when there was an enormous commotion heard just off the headland.”

“The pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church and guide its followers.”

“Those who paid more attention to the threat from popery argued for an eirenic approach to Dissent, in the hope of fostering Protestant unity.”

“Knox preached on her behalf, and threatened popery and tyranny should Mary enforce her claim.”

“The chief weapon in their ideological arsenal was the fear of popery, in particular Irish popery.”

“The pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church and guide its followers.”

“Should popes, who rule for life, retire if they become ill instead of dying in office?”

“In 418, competing camps elected their own popes, Eulalius, an archdeacon, and Boniface I, a priest.”

“Initially he did indeed offer some respite from the repressiveness of the two preceding popes.”

“Until 1059 Popes were elected not by cardinals but by the clergy and laity of the diocese of Rome.”

“Even Popes must die for, despite their exalted status, they are all mortal just like the rest of us.”

“After the snaggle-toothed boozehound was kicked out of The Pogues in 1993, he cut a couple of albums with rag-tag bunch The Popes.”