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I don't know where you go the idea that anybody thought the Pope was Jesus. Most likely from some ingnorant person with a deep hatred of Catholicism I suppose. The Pope takes his direction from Jesus (no, not literally professor), as all honest Christians do. He just happens to be a lot better at it that you or I. That's how he got to be Pope. A lot better than you, I guess, because he still knows the difference between Satan and a sinner. Jesus Christ reached out to the men who played dice at His feet. He led by example, and he would have called Barak Obama a friend.
Who claimed otherwise?
Anyone?