The Catholic church has made itself such a joke it's just plain horrifying. My wife's family is trying to lure her back into it and she'll go with them occasionally. They don't even see how far gone they are, how even since 2008 they've gone down the far left rabbit hole.
I'm a pretty devout catholic but agree last couple of popes since John Paul have consistently pushed the narrative far left and it's shocking really. But yeah the idea is to focus on the word of God regardless of the denomination of Christianity not it's so called "leaders". Though admittedly i have friends that think the pope is holier than art thou etc. He's a human just like the rest of us and his interpretation of the word has no more legitimacy than mine at the end of the day if i'm being honest. I vividly remember his anti-gun rhetoric bullshit also. At the end of the day another "leader" advocating against it's constituents just like every politician in washington.