[Barnacle]

The Catholic Church believes its Pope has the final say in how it will teach its believers instead of just following the word of God.

And who decides exactly what the "word of God" is for you?

Please don't give me that tired tripe about "the bible"... Catholics reference the bible as much as any one. (We assembled the book after all. Note that yours, if you are Protestant, is lacking 7 books.) If it was that simple, there wouldn't be 3,000 Protestant denominations who can't agree on doctrine - except to say, "Catholics are wrong".

[marajade]

Here we go with that labelling again. Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not a label.