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I have just recently have some discussions with our Catholic friends that may shed some light on your question. They wish to make clear that the Pope is only one leg of the Catholic Church. There are apparently four other members including the Orthodox. See this post. The Pope acts as one of five "bishops", serving the Latin Church of the Catholic Church.

This does make one wonder, if the Pope is "infallible" why none of the others follow his lead? Of course I asked this question but did not get a response. See this post.

Also, I was told that even though the Pope is descendant from Peter, so are all the Patriarchs (see above post). So that does make one wonder what is exactly the big deal of being descendant from Peter?

Now, give this discussion on another thread, I think that I'm in a better position to answer your question on this thread. Since the Latin Church is one of five arms of the Catholic Church, it is inappropriate for Protestants to call Roman Catholics, "Catholics". The term "Catholic" would best suit the entire Church-not just the Latin Church. So to avoid confusion, I would recommend the correct term is either "Roman Catholic" or "Latin Catholics".

I would recommend the correct term is either "Roman Catholic" or "Latin Catholics".

LOL LOL...That is exactly why Catholic churches in the US say "Roman Catholic" .. they spring from the Latin rite, remember they have a pope in Rome and used to have a Latin mass ( which is creeping back I hear)

So to avoid confusion, I would recommend the correct term is either "Roman Catholic" or "Latin Catholics".

Something just tells me that ain't gonna be acceptable either. I get the feeling it's "All or nothing - with 'nothing' not being possible.".