1·Deeming their mandate to be from God, popes believe it can only be taken away by the Almighty at death.
鉴于他们的职位受之于上帝，教皇们认为神职只能由全能的主以死亡的方式剥夺。
2·He is at his most instructive and entertaining in the period that roughly coincides with the construction of Saint Peter's basilica, which "took 120 years and lasted for the lifetime of 20 popes".
他的书最有启发性和娱乐性的地方是在和建造圣彼得大教堂大致重叠的时期。圣彼得大教堂的建造“花了120年的时间，历经20位教皇”。
3·This may mean Britain receives more visits from popes in the future: the country is low on the list of countries visited since 1964, when the Vatican began counting such trips systematically.
这可能意味着英国未来可能会接受教皇更多的访问：自1964年(梵蒂冈从这一年开始系统的记录这类访问)以来，该国受访次数的名次排在较后的位置。
4·In the personal arms of the popes, the keys are, of course, arranged as in the arms of the Holy See: the other arrangement would be equivalent to treating him as merely the head of that little state.
在罗马教皇手上的钥匙被当成圣堂的手臂：其他被等同为这个小国家的首领。
5·It was with me in the birthplaces of two popes: Wadowice, Poland, and Marktl am Inn, Germany.
这小鸭还与我一起去了两个教皇的出生地：波兰的Wadowice和德国的马克特尔（Marktl am Inn）。