cardinals

Roles of the roman catholic church

• group can be traced to is apostles
• unbroken line of succession of bishops laying hands by bishops makes them significant
• able to be a cardinal, archibishop and pope
• in charge of dioceses
• catherdral holds a seat for them
• only bishops can ordain clergy and presides over conformation

• currently 199 cardinals
• commonly referred to as princes of the church
• most occupy job of archibishops
• main role is to elect new pope which is done in a conclave
• only 80+ are allowed to vote for a new pope

• diocese is split into parishes
• each parish has a priest
• priesthood started at the last supper
• main role is the power to forgive sins, sacrement of reconsiliations, confessions.
• another main role is to perform a eurcarist, to lead mass, represent christ.
• women are unable to be a priest
• responsible for leading worship and prayers within church

• ordained deacon is said to be a threehold
• which are word, litugy, and charity
• word is a christian message to preech and teach the bible
• litugy is to set public worship to support the priest, cant perform it though however able to carry out baptisms and marriages if no priest available
• charity is where deacons can anoint the sick or celebrate mass.
• deacons can not hear confessions or give absolution.

• laity means to be yourself
• the function is to talk about how the kingdom of god is spread
• lay minister uses the gift
• meaning the laity do hospital work, listening role, councilling and organising events.