The Pope is no guru, no teacher, no master; he is just a figure head, a political leader. Christianity is a dead religion, there are no teachers because Jesus died 2000 years ago same with Islam and Judaism, no teacher no one to guide the disciplines.
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People are raise 'catholic' they become adults and assume they are pious, spiritual, religious but they are not. They are egotists, it requires real self work and self discovery. The same with the priest, they study, they practice then suddenly they think they are enlightened. No one becomes enlightened by simply reading one book over and over again.