Depends on the Catholic -- ask a Catholic confirmed pre-Vatican II and they will tell you there is only one pope Benedict -- who holds the position until the day God calls him home.

Ask a post-Vatican II Catholic and they will tell you there are two and one is retired. But they don't understand anything about the religion anyway so there could be a dozen popes and they would accept it because they wouldn't know the difference.

In short -- the former were required to memorize catechism and worship God. The latter sang guitar masses and thinks their religion is about social justice instead of about God.

Depends on the Catholic -- ask a Catholic confirmed pre-Vatican II and they will tell you there is only one pope Benedict -- who holds the position until the day God calls him home.

Ask a post-Vatican II Catholic and they will tell you there are two and one is retired. But they don't understand anything about the religion anyway so there could be a dozen popes and they would accept it because they wouldn't know the difference.

In short -- the former were required to memorize catechism and worship God. the The latter sang guitar masses and thinks their religion is about social justice instead of about God.