BTW, you really arent being seriius, are you?
Sure, the pope has no special insight into political natters. I'm sure there are some loony leftist Catholics that think he does, but they were loony leftists to begin with. I don't know any. Everybody I know says "Can you believe what the pope did this time?" (like shoe kissing). Then shake their heads and go about their business.
The pope doesn't know the Bible? Funny, he's been studying it most of his life. Can't be a Jesuit if you don't.