You wrote:
“I’m sure somewhere some non-Catholic group also has the Pope as their Pope ~ aren’t they in California?”
No. There are only two churches I know of with a pope - a legitimate pope that is - the Catholic Church and the Coptic Church. All the others are pretenders and there aren’t any in California. There are anti-popes in Quebec, Montana, Kansas, Australia, England, Italy, Spain, and a few other countries.
“Made those funny movies about Australia and the end of the world or something.”
? I have no idea what you’re talking about there.
Mel Gibson’s group ~ they recognize the Pope as Pope, right?