[LOOKAYANNER]

The issue I have with the Catholic faith is the same issue I would have had with the ancient pharaohs of Egypt if I had lived in their time......God is speaking through the pharaoh! So, essentially that makes this individual God, because God would never send false messages to his messenger, would He?.
Once any religion, whether it be Catholic, Protestant, or any other, convinces their followers that God is only reaching them through one person, then that gives that one person a LOT of power. The Pope is a powerful person, and so were the Pharoahs. The key is to make the faithful believe in this doctrine.