Even from the POPE?
Yes, the Pope has no legal authority in the USA. Remember how JFK went out of his way to say that he would not pay attention to the Pope.
"Even from the POPE?"
I'm sorry, but you don't seem to realize that the Pope has nothing to do with our legal system. The Pope can do whatever he wishes, of course, but that does not change the legal status of this marriage.
The Pope said that the US shouldn't have gone into Iraq, too. That didn't change anything, since the Pope has no legal standing in this country.
No .. the Pope is the head of the Catholic Church .. it doesn't address the civil part of the marriage and the Pope has no authority there