You wanted an example of a lie you’ve been told?
Who told you Catholics think a man is in charge on earth?
Christ is the head of the Catholic Church. Benedict is merely His vicar.
You must have missed the memo...
“The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter's successor, 'is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful.'
'For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise.” [Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition (Washington, DC: US Catholic Conference, 1994, 1997) #882.]