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The Catholic Church is organized as a theocratic episcopal polity, led by Bishops who are given formal jurisdictions of governance within the Church and posts of local (diocesan) leadership.

The Pope is the ultimate leader of the Holy See, the Catholic Church, and of the Territories of the Holy See, being the most senior bishop as Bishop of Rome (titular) ~~and~~ Bishop of New Rome (the Vatican). The Pope is the ultimate temporal political authority in both the Papal States and Holy See, as well as Supreme Commander of its forces (the Palatine Guard) and the foremost defender of Catholics everywhere on CivMC. He is also the highest judge within the Catholic Church, being the final recourse for appeal in any legal cases under the jurisdiction of the Church.

The Pope is the ultimate leader of the Holy See, the Catholic Church, and of the Territories of the Holy See, being the most senior bishop as Bishop of Rome (titular),Formerly Bishop of New Rome (the Vatican), and Bishop of San Pietro City. The Pope is the ultimate temporal political authority in both the Papal States and Holy See, as well as Supreme Commander of its forces (the Palatine Guard) and the foremost defender of Catholics everywhere on CivMC. He is also the highest judge within the Catholic Church, being the final recourse for appeal in any legal cases under the jurisdiction of the Church.

=== Diocesan Organization ===

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 The Catholic Church is organized as a theocratic episcopal polity, led by Bishops who are given formal jurisdictions of governance within the Church and posts of local (diocesan) leadership.
-The Pope is the ultimate leader of the Holy See, the Catholic Church, and of the Territories of the Holy See, being the most senior bishop as Bishop of Rome (titular) and Bishop of New Rome (the Vatican). The Pope is the ultimate temporal political authority in both the Papal States and Holy See, as well as Supreme Commander of its forces (the Palatine Guard) and the foremost defender of Catholics everywhere on CivMC. He is also the highest judge within the Catholic Church, being the final recourse for appeal in any legal cases under the jurisdiction of the Church.
+The Pope is the ultimate leader of the Holy See, the Catholic Church, and of the Territories of the Holy See, being the most senior bishop as Bishop of Rome (titular),Formerly Bishop of New Rome (the Vatican), and Bishop of San Pietro City. The Pope is the ultimate temporal political authority in both the Papal States and Holy See, as well as Supreme Commander of its forces (the Palatine Guard) and the foremost defender of Catholics everywhere on CivMC. He is also the highest judge within the Catholic Church, being the final recourse for appeal in any legal cases under the jurisdiction of the Church.
 === Diocesan Organization ===

Catholic Church: Difference between revisions

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