It’s not odd at all. If the pope and others do not preach the gospel of the grace of God, or exchange it for a lie of works based salvation, then they are hurting men’s eternal souls. What’s so hard to understand about that? That’s the danger of putting your salvation in the hands of a man or a religious institution. And depending on him or your church to save you. If you do not hear the gospel of your salvation, and are too lazy or whatever to read God’s Word and find out the truth, then you are depending on someone else to tell you what salvation is. If they don’t preach the gospel of the grace of God, then you aren’t hearing the gospel. So just how do you think you can be saved?
Sad that folks are so deaf, I repeat, the Pope regularly preaches the Gospel. Every day, in fact. What is odd are the number of ignorant sects that teach lies about the Catholic Church. I am so sorry you appear to have fallen victim to one of them.
FYI, I read the Bible, and I’ve never encountered anything that brings me to doubt the legitimacy of the Catholic Church. My study of the Bible has, in fact, reaffirmed by belief in Catholicism.