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If this is where Jesus declares Peter the head (pope) of the universal church (catholic church) then I must be show in the scriptures where he assumes and executes this role.

Well, let me give it a shot:

Mt 16:17 -- Jesus tells Peter (alone) he has divine knowledge by special revelation
Mt 16:18-19 -- Jesus gives Peter "the keys"
Mt 16:19 -- the power to bind and loose
Is 22:22 -- keys assigned to officeholder
Rev 1:18 -- keys as symbol of authority
Jn 1:42 -- Simon is Cephas (Aramaic: rock)
Mt 16:18 -- Simon is Petras (Greek: rock)
Jn 21:15-17 -- Jesus tells Peter "feed my sheep"
Mt 10:1-4; Mk 3:16-19; Lk 6:14-16; -- Peter first, foremost apostle
Act 1:13; Lk 9:32 -- more of Peter first, foremost apostle
Mk 8:29; Jn 6:68 -- Peter speaks for apostles
Lk 12:41-48 -- Peter, the faithful steward
Lk 22:32 -- Jesus prays for faith of (only) Peter
Lk 22:32 -- "Simon...strengthen your brethren"
Act 4:1-13 -- Jews consider Peter as the leader
Acts 5:2-11 -- Peter utters first anathema (emphatically affirmed by God!)
Act 2:14-40 -- Pentecost: Peter’s first preach
Act 3:6-7 -- Peter works first healing
Acts 8:14-24 -- Peter first to recognize/refute heresy
Act 9:40 -- Peter first after Jesus to raise the dead
Act 10:9-28 -- catholicism revealed to Peter
Act 10:46-48 -- Peter orders Gentile baptism
Act 15:7 -- Peter’s leadership at first Council

The Acts 10: 9-26 confuses me. After reading it again I am convinced it was God revealing that Gentiles were hereby declared "clean" and the Good News was to be revealed to them as well.

Saying it was Catholisizm revealed is a stretch, in my opinion.

Also, I will admit that Peter did a lot of good stuff and he had a special place in Jesus' heart. But that doesn't make him the beginning of a long line of Popes. My intercessor is Jesus himself - in the order of Melchizedek.

When Jesus is dead, I'll look for another - if you get my drift.

Peter was a good example for all of us to follow, as was Paul and, of course, Jesus himself. But that is all he was - a man doing the will of God (better than most from what I read).