“Do you not consider it personal when someone insults your family?”
Unless your last name is Ratzinger, that argument does’t make ANY sense.
That's because you're not Catholic. For us, the Pope is the Holy Father. Next time you hear slurs against the Pope, please consider what it would be like to hear the same slurs against your own father. That's what it feels like.
I'm not suggesting that any criticism of the Pope should be banned -- he is a public figure after all -- just asking for you to see things from our perspective.