Saint Peter Prince of the Apostles

Saint Peter is the Prince of the Apostles. He led the Church at Pentecost. That was Our Lord Jesus Christ's will. That does not make the city of Rome the center of the Christian faith. Saint Peter himself tells us Who is the center of the Christian faith.

Gospel of Saint John Chapter 6 verses 66 through  70

66 And he said: Therefore did I say to you, that no man can come to me, unless it be given him by my Father. 67 After this many of his disciples went back; and walked no more with him. 68 Then Jesus said to the twelve: Will you also go away? 69 And Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 70 And we have believed and have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son of God.

Ver. 68.  Jesus said to the twelve: Will you also go away?  He shews them, says S. Chrys. that he stood not in need of them, and so leaves them to their free choice.  Wi. — Jesus Christ remarking in the previous verse that the apostate disciples had left him, to walk no more with him, turning to the twelve, asks them, Will you also go away?  The twelve had heard all that passed; they had seen the Jews strive amongst themselves, and the disciples murmur and leave their Master; they understood what he said in the same literal sense; it could, indeed, bear no other meaning; but when Jesus put the above question to them, leaving them to their free choice, whether to follow him, or to withdraw themselves, Simon Peter answered him: "Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life;" and therefore art able to make good thy words, however hard and difficult they may appear to others. — We may here admire not only the excellency of their faith, but the plain, yet noble motive of their faith: they believe, because he is Christ, the Son of God, (or, as it is in the Greek, the Son of the living God) who is absolutely incapable of deceiving his creatures, and whose power is perfectly equal to perform the promises he here makes them.

Ver. 69.  Simon Peter, the chief or head of them, said in the name of the rest: Lord, to whom shall we go?  It is only from thee that we hope for salvation.  Thou hast the words of eternal life: we have believed, and known, and remain in this belief, that thou art the Christ, the Son of God.  Wi.