The word pope derives from Greek πάππας (páppas), meaning 'father'. In the early centuries of Christianity , this title was applied, especially in the east, to all bishops [21] and other senior clergy, and later became reserved in the west

Pope Francis became the first pope to hold a papal Mass on the Arabian Peninsula, with more than 120,000 attendees in the Zayed Sports City Stadium. [356] Francis made the plight of refugees and migrants "a core component of his pastoral work",

Pope definition, the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church. See more.