Believe me, the WH knows the Pope’s name. This is the only serious, powerful opposition Bambi has. In his first year, Obama did everything possible to essentially imply that he was the head of the Church, in fact; things like the showdowns over the Notre Dame degree, the address at Georgetown, etc. were all positioned to show that the bishops were powerless and that Obama was essentially the one who called the shots in the Catholic Church. Obviously, he did this with the assistance of both clerical and lay followers, who really do regard him as more important than the Pope.
However, because the Church is an actual, physical institution with a chain of command (although not a very functional one, alas!), Obama knows that no matter what he does, he will not be accepted as their leader by all Catholics, simply because he is not the Pope and never can be. BTW, it doesn’t seem to matter to him that he’s not a Catholic and in fact is either a Muslim or an athiest; he sees himself as the rightful head of the Church simply because it is the biggest organization around.
He could, in theory, pull a Henry VIII and get American Catholics to make some sort of statement or oath of fidelity to him and then begin persecution of those who did not. But that wouldn’t be sufficient in this day and age, and I doubt that even Henry could have pulled it off under modern conditions
What can he do? Personally, I think that when he feels that he has done as much damage as possible to this country and destroyed us, he will somehow make himself head of the UN. In the meantime, the way he will try to take over and destroy the Church is by first destroying this Pope and then forcing the choice of his selected candidate.
Look the RC church suffers greatly from the abuse of children by priests. To deny that this has happened and try to sweep it under the rug is evil. This has nothing to do with O. It has everything to do with calling to accountability those who have ruined your church.