Join Dr. Christopher Mooney, assistant professor of theology at the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology, as he answers some of the internet's most popular questions about the pope and the papacy.
Why does the Catholic Church have a pope? Is the pope Catholic? Do Catholics have to obey everything the pope says? What is an anti-pope?
00:00 Intro
00:17 Why is the pope called the "pope"?
00:58 Is the pope a priest?
01:30 Is the pope in the Bible?
02:58 Is the pope Catholic?
04:07 What is the difference between a pope, a bishop, and a cardinal?
05:16 Do I have to listen to the pope?
06:44 Why do Catholics have a pope?
09:20 How is the pope chosen?
09:47 What are anti-popes?
10:55 What is apostolic succession?
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