Thats quite an accusation.. Popes(Gurus) are aberrations no matter the religion that elects them.. You do know the Roman pagans had a Pontifex Maximus don't you, long before christianity?.. NO!.. there could be a lot of things about the Roman Catholic "thing" you might be ignorant of..
In my ignorance, I have happened on a few items of note.
One of which is the Biblical injunction that the Church is the pillar of truth. Another is that there is to be no private interpretation of Scripture.
In my ignorance, I appear to have surpassed many of the faithful posters here.