I'm not Catholic and do not like being put in the position to defend the CC.
I will say, however, that the Pope has no such power as you ascertain above.
There is a magesterium to which any change in Catholicism must agree.
It consists of the Pope and Bishops which are titled with Cardinal.
They must be in full Agreement before the Pope can make any statement which MUST be, at that point, ex-cathedra. This is not an easy mission to accomplish.
On another post you said that Jesus said to come out from them.
He meant the secular world, of course. He DID NOT mean Catholicism,
which is the ONLY Church that can trace its roots to the Apostles.
Since you know so much about history, you must know that his is correct.
The Orthodox shism in the year 1,000 AD and Protestantism schisms at the year 1,500 AD. The CC remains in tact.
Stop trying to save people who are already saved and if your mission is to save that which is lost, try the secular world --- it is truly lost.
(which is what Jesus meant, anyway)
Your post demonstrates that you do not understand the history of the RCC that is so filled with intrigue, murder, deciet, blasphemy, etc.
The Pope is recognized as "God on Earth". If you need any evidence of this, just consider what happened to the many who were cruelly murdered for opposing his authority.
The call to "...come out of Babylon, MY PEOPLE" cannot in any way refer to a calling of the unsaved out of the world, for "if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His." Unless you are willing to argue that those in the world who lack His spirit yet belong to Him.
The RCC ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, WITH UTMOST CERTAINTY cannot trace it's roots back to the church Jesus founded.
Did Jesus establish prayers to the dead?
Did Jesus establish repetitious prayers with prayer beads?
Did Jesus establish celibacy among the clergy?(Peter, claimed by the RCC to be the FIRST POPE, was MARRIED)
Did Jesus establish a religious hierarchy?
Did Jesus establish infant baptism?
I could fill a thick volume with just such reasons for why Jesus' church was NEVER headquartered in Rome. Where men, women, and babies were killed in the Coliseum, there was His church. Where they were tossed over the cliffs one by one while being compelled to recant their views which opposed the RCC, there was His church. Where they were persecuted, robbed, banished, and hunted, for refusing to accept the blasphemous teachings of the RCC, there was His church. The RCC was NEVER His church.
The Protestant Reformation of the 16th century was God's movement to restore what had so been completely covered over by the RCC - grace, love, forgiveness, and most importantly, the free gift of salvation which the Bible says is purchased "without money and without price." And sadly, today, non-Catholics who are totally ignorant of church history are now standing up in defense of such an indefensible organization, like lambs denouncing among their ranks criticism of the wolves.
www.historicism.com