Caiaphas didn’t cease to be the High Priest of Israel, though he led the plot to kill Our Lord.
In NEVER ceases to amaze me the lengths Catholics will go to protect their own and gloss over and justify keeping the corrupt system they have going.
Any pope, or person for that matter, who does not live a Christlike life is NO representative of Christ on the earth, no matter what his title or how it was given to him.
Titles are MEANINGLESS.