Because of watching smoke you lost your respect? Seems rather fickle.
No, because in the book of Numbers we are told how God will choose the leadership of the church.
This man made fakery is just offensive to me. If people want to worship it, I guess that is their choice.. it is just sad, because it isn’t about God.
If God wants there to be a Pope, sure enough everyone, who knows God, is going to know who the person is.
God raises up his children. Man does not rise up God’s children.
But- we have to read the word of God to really understand.