I wouldn't say impractical would be the word I would choose in this sentence. Unnecessary and man made would be more appropriate. Her laws (RCC that is) are not Gods laws. If you wish to follow a man (and all Roman pontiffs are just that) then submit to them. Follow them as you would the pied-piper. Jesus is the only One a person needs to follow. And He didn't wear silky robes with a big pointy hat in a walled palace. And He didn't kiss a Koran either.
And He didn’t kiss a Koran either.
Nor did a pope.
“John Paul II” was not a true but was rather a false pope, as illustrated by just such a deed.
In fact the most recent true pope was way back in A.D. 1958 with Pope Pius XII (of happy memory).