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Time to get rid of the pope?

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KatyKopykat · 06/05/2025 22:38

I'm not Catholic so I don't know much about this. Could the world survive without the Pope? There's no need for a head of the Catholic church. There's no Anglican equivalent. Keep the bishop of Rome job, but leave it at that.

Expecting to get totally pasted here and I accept that I know nothing and happy to have explanations.

Admins @mnhq please remove if this is not allowed.

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Toddlerteaplease · 06/05/2025 22:43

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the head of the Anglican communion. The Pope is the direct successor of St Peter, who was put in charge of the church by Jesus himself. So yes he is essential.

echt · 06/05/2025 22:43

Not sure it's any of your business, OP.

BassesAreBest · 06/05/2025 22:43

I'm not Catholic
There's no need for a head of the Catholic church.

Surely that’s a matter for people who are Catholic to decide?

mnahmnah · 06/05/2025 22:43

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Anglican equivalent. But Anglican is Church of England, so not the same scale as the Roman Catholic Church. Catholic means universal, so worldwide and actually incorporates many other churches such as the Albanian and Coptic churches.

However, if you are not Catholic, then the Pope won’t matter much to you. For the millions of Catholics worldwide, yes, of course they want to keep him!

TheNightingalesStarling · 06/05/2025 22:42

Ever heard of the Archbishop of Canterbury?

soupyspoon · 06/05/2025 22:41

What is the point of this thread if you state you know nothing about the situation.

Neither do I but I suspect theres been some thinking about Pope necessity within the Catholic church for probably 1600-2000 years.

ZenNudist · 06/05/2025 22:40

0/10

DorothyStorm · 06/05/2025 22:40

Why do you care?