We are not talking about ceremonial law here, but the moral law. I don’t think God puts Himself above His own law, because if He did, and His law is moral, then He Himself would become immoral.
God follows His own rules.
You wrote:
“We are not talking about ceremonial law here, but the moral law. I don’t think God puts Himself above His own law, because if He did, and His law is moral, then He Himself would become immoral. God follows His own rules.”
The pope violated none of the Ten Commandments. End of story.