The Pope enjoys, by divine institution, "supreme, full,
immediate, and universal power in the care of souls" (Christus
Dominus 2).
YOUCAT Catechism +
Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 141
Ave Maria series
141 What is the Pope’s
responsibility?
As successor of St. Peter and head of the college of
bishops, the Pope is the source and guarantor of the Church’s unity. He has the supreme pastoral authority and the
final authority in doctrinal and disciplinary decisions. [880-882,
936-937]
Pope Francis and Jesus’ church.
….141
Jesus gave Peter a unique position of preeminence among the
apostles. This made him the supreme
authority in the early Church. Rome—the
local Church that Peter led and the place of his martyrdom—became after his
death the internal reference point of the young Church. Every Christian community had to agree with
Rome; that was the standard for the true, complete, and unadulterated apostolic
faith. To this day every Bishop of Rome
had been, like Peter, the supreme shepherd of the Church, whose real Head is
Christ. Only in this capacity is the
Pope “Christ’s Vicar on earth”. As the
highest pastoral and doctrinal authority, he watches over the transmission of
the true faith. If need be, he must
revoke commissions to teach doctrine or relieve ordained ministers of their
office in cases of serious failures in matters of faith and morals. Unity in matters of faith and morals, which
is guaranteed by the Church’s Magisterium, or teaching authority, with the Pope
at the head, is one reason for the remarkable resilience and influence of the
Catholic Church.
[880-882, 936-937]
The episcopal college and its head, the Pope
880 When Christ instituted the Twelve, "he constituted
[them] in the form of a college or permanent assembly, at the head of which he
placed Peter, chosen from among them."(Lumen gentium 19;
compare Luke 6:13; John 21:15-17)398 Just as "by the Lord's institution, St.
Peter and the rest of the apostles constitute a single apostolic college, so in
like fashion the Roman Pontiff, Peter's successor, and the bishops, the
successors of the apostles, are related with and united to one another."(Lumen gentium 22;
compare Codex Iuris
Canonici, can. 330)399 –Catechism
of the Catholic Church, Second edition
881 The Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the
"rock" of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and
instituted him shepherd of the whole flock.(compare Matthew 16:18-19; John 21:15-17)400 "The office of binding and loosing
which was given to Peter was also assigned to the college of apostles united to
its head."(Lumen gentium 22 §
2)401 This pastoral office
of Peter and the other apostles belongs to the Church's very foundation and is
continued by the bishops under the primacy of the Pope.—CCC
882 The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter's
successor, "is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the
unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful."(Lumen gentium 23)402 "For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of
his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full,
supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always
exercise unhindered."(Lumen gentium 22;
compare Christus Dominus
2,9)403 –CCC
IN BRIEF
936 The Lord made St.
Peter the visible foundation of his Church. He entrusted the keys of the Church
to him. The bishop of the Church of Rome, successor to St. Peter, is "head
of the college of bishops, the Vicar of Christ and Pastor of the universal
Church on earth" (Codex Iurex Canonici),
can. 331).—CCC
937 The Pope enjoys, by divine institution, "supreme,
full, immediate, and universal power in the care of souls" (Christus Dominus 2). –CCC
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