I'm very interested in what you posted in #123. Can you recommend a good (modern-day) book or two on the subject?
I can't recommend a particular book at the moment, but give me some time and I'll dig some up.
Also, there are a lot of RC sites on the net that deal with the topic of "Peter the Roman".
If memory serves me well, JPII put a lot of stock in the Malachy prophecy, and held that "Peter the Roman" would be the Antichrist who would lead the Roman church into apostasy.
Of course there are the Old Catholics, SSPXers, Sedevacantists and others who say the Roman church led by the Vatican has been apostate since the Vatican I Council.