La Palabra del Día: "el Papa"
el Papa (pah'-pah)
noun ( the Pope )
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1. Mi abuela siempre quería viajar a Italia para ver al Papa.
My grandmother always wanted to go to Italy to see the Pope.
2. El Papa es el líder de la Iglesia católica.
The Pope is the leader of the Catholic Church.
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In this case the correct article makes a big difference when saying the word "Papa".
En este caso el artículo correcto hace una gran diferencia cuando diciendo la palabra "Papa".
La sede de la Santa Iglesia Católica Romana se llama el Vaticano y es también el hogar del Papa.
The seat of the Holy Roman Catholic Church is called the Vatican and is also the home of the Pope.
El Papa tiene muchas responsabilidades.
The Pope carries a lot of responsibility.
El cuadragésimo quinto Papa era León el Grande. Él convenció a Atila el huno para no destruir la ciudad de Roma.
The forty-fifth Pope was Leo the Great. He convinced Attila the Hun to not destroy the city of Rome.
El nuevo Papa, a quién sus amigos llaman "Pepe", solía llamarse José.
The new Pope, whom his friends call "Pepe", used to be named José.
Benedict XVI, que nació, Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, el 16 de abril de 1927, es el actual Papa de la iglesia católica.
Benedict XVI, who was born, Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, on April 16, 1927, is the current Pope of the Catholic church.
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El Papa esta comiendo una papa.
The Pope is eating the potato.
Le sombrero de el papa es muy diferente The pope's hat is very different
Many Popes have very good sense of humour. For example: When John Paul II. had his first press conference, one journalist asked him: "Will you be able to live locked up in the Vatican?" John Paul II. replied: " I´ve aready endured fived days!" Journalists also knew this Pope was very interested in skiing. So they asked him: "Do you ski?" He answered: " When I get permission." All journalists started to laugh. (There are still the skis which John Paul II. used for skiing when he was young and later gave them to the Museum of Skis in Slovakia, as in his youth he used to ski in Slovakia and Poland.) ................................................................................................................................ Corrected, thanks to Caefuego:
Muchos Papas han tenido muy buen sentido del humor. Por ejemplo: cuando Juan Pablo II tuvo su primera conferencia de prensa, un periodista le preguntó: " ¿Podrá usted ser capaz de vivir encerrado en el Vaticano?" Juan Pablo II repondió: "Ya he soportado cinco días." Los periodistas también sabían que este Papa estaba muy interesado en esquiar, así que le preguntaron: " ¿Usted esquía?" A lo que él repondió: " Cuando tengo permiso" Todos los periodistas se rieron. Hoy en día aun se conservan los esquís que Juan Paulo II usó cuando era joven y que más tarde entregó al Museo del Esquí en Eslovakia, ya que en su juventud solía esquiar en Eslovaquia y Polonia.
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Ya que no soy católico, no me importa mucho lo que dice el Papa.
Since I´m not Catholic, it doesn´t matter much to me what the Pope says.
The pope is a man who lives in Rome.
El papa es un hombre que vive en Roma.
Algunas personas creen que el Papa está fuera de contacto con el mundo moderno. Otras creen que todo lo que dice es verdadero.
Some people believe that the Pope is out of touch with the modern world. Others believe that everything he says is true.
Algún día seré el Papa.
Someday I'll be the Pope
El Papa no es mi papá... ¡jaja!
The Pope isn't my dad... haha!
(joke loses humor in English)
Pope John Paul II in 1978 became the first non-Italian pope in more than 400 years.
El Papa Juan Pablo II en 1978 se convirtió en el primer Papa no italiano en más de 400 años.
