Average Weather in Fairbanks Alaska, United States. In Fairbanks, the summers are long, comfortable, and mostly cloudy and the winters are long, frigid, snowy, and partly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from -13Â°F to 73Â°F and is rarely below -39Â°F or above 83Â°F.
The Pope or bishop of the city of Rome is the highest ranking religious authority in the Roman Catholic Church and its worldwide leader. The word pope originates from the Latin word for father-Papa. It was first used in a religious meaning at the 3rd Century AD.
What is a Theocracy? Vatican City, a city state that serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, is a theocracy governed by the Pope and College of Cardinals. Iran has been a theocratic Islamic state since the overthrow of its monarchy, which was led by the Pahlavi dynasty, in 1979. Saudi Arabia is a modern theocracy.