Dear sister. As a writer, I have done a great deal of research over 4 decades on the Catholic church and the most recent popes. I believe that every pope is a soul for whom Christ died and that not all popes will be lost. Take for example the vilified Pius XII, also known as Hitler's pope. Did you know that he had a 7th Day Adventist cousin that lived in New York? She sent him a Desire of Ages and a Great Controversy. A priest, father Rivera, who later became Seventh Day Adventist, was granted an audience with the pope, while he was still Catholic. He saw the Bible opened and those 2 books at either side of the Bible in the pope's private office. That was when he started making changes in the church. He was found dead and no autopsy was allowed. He had been healthy up to that moment. Years later, pope John Paul I was elected and lasted only 33 days. He was asked about his action plan and he replied that he would continue the reforms of Pius XII. You know what happened to him.