It doesn’t matter who the pope is. That structure of religion is NOT found in the Bible. It is all man-made.
It’s actually the best religion and truest. One holy apostolic Catholic Church. I feel bad for the fakey other religions like those megachurches that need to bribe people to go with rock bands and Starbucks. And don’t get me started on the ridiculous born again wackadoodles.
Such little faith and reject the Words of Jesus and His Church.
Rejecting the Catholic Church can be seen as rejecting Jesus, as the Church is His mystical body on earth (1 Corinthians 12:27). The Catholic Church holds that it is the one true Church founded by Christ (Matthew 16:18-19), and through it, the fullness of the means of salvation is available (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 816).
Jesus warned that following Him might cause division, even within families (Matthew 10:34-36). While personal faith journeys can be complex, the Church invites all to explore its teachings and sacraments, which are believed to be instituted by Christ for our salvation.
The leadership is human and subject to their free will, so there are saints and sinners. We know them by their fruits.
The structure of religion is core to the Biblical books, all 73 of them, whether written before Christ or after.
In the old testament books we have clear structure in Deuteronomy. In the New testament we have a clear structure of priests, bishops, etc in the Epistles
The Church is man made because Christ was a man and established the Church to help achieve his example as the Son of God.