Both Mark and Luke record Peter’s confession of faith in Christ as Messiah, but they do not record Christ’s words about the rock. The Apostle John does not mention the incident at all, something unlikely for one who was so close to Jesus and also a good friend of Peter’s. If the words of Jesus had the significance Rome attaches to them, all this is certainly a strange omission. For Christ to establish Peter as the first Pope and living head of the Church and for three of four biographers of Jesus to remain silent on so crucial an event is unlikely to say the least:
Good point! We could also apply that to the importance of Mary. Not one word was written about her after the day of Pentecost but Catholicism has elevated her to goddess status.
I used to go see the Minnesota Twinkies play at Met Stadium in Bloomington, back in the 60s. My mother was at the Hump dome for game 7 of the 1987 World Series. She said the noise was utterly ear splitting.