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.
Catholics recognize the pope as the successor to Saint Peter, whom Jesus designated as the rock upon which the Church was to be built. Although Peter never bore the title of pope (Latin papa), Catholics recognize him as the first pope and Bishop of Rome, because he had the office, but not the title.