text: "Of course the pope is the father to not just the members of the Curia, but to all souls on earth, not just Catholics."
  
  You sure do place a lot of stock in that whole Peter/Rock/Church thing... quite an extrapolation don't you think?  Given your negative assessment of PF, you might want to rethink your papal interpretations which are based entirely on the monarchical/medieval/imperial mindset.