I can't get Dennis Miller out of my head. He said (when John Paul was pope) that every time he saw the pope with that tall, funny looking hat, it reminded him of a post hole digger. And he wanted to "grab the pope by his skinny pope legs, turn him upside down and work him like a post hole digger". It was a hilarious mental picture.
But the pope should be pitied as well - leading so many astray from the Truth with so much of the Roman Catholic doctrine that is seriously flawed and - for some of it - heretical.
Good works abound, but sound doctrine is more needful.
Yeah. I know some of these people personally. Their knowledge is astounding in quality and quantity: best of the best in scholarship. They know all about these things and they know more kinds of heresy than are listed in most any textbook or encyclopedia. The Pope may or may not know that I think NOBODY has a lock on Truth. He would probably assume so if the subject came up.