Some disapprove of the autocratic character of the papal office.

Pope Innocent I held the papal office from 402 to 417.

Church law indicates that special rules should apply in the case of the papal office being "impeded."

Slagheck was the illegitimate son of a Westphalian priest and appears to have been worked in the papal office during his early life.

As the door to the papal office swung open, the American general instinctively stood up.

He also sent reports to Vatican and since 1942 started receiving instructions from papal office.

Benedict, less comfortable in the spotlight, has shifted the public's focus to the papal office, the church and its rituals.

A vacancy in the papal office may also result from a papal resignation.

So strong is his personal impact that it has obscured a major shift in Catholic thinking about the nature of the papal office itself.

These developments posed a significant challenge to the authority of the papal office.