If a person won't convert because of the heretical actions of the pope (or the guy pretending to be one), it shows a superficial understanding of catholicism. The pope is supposed to guard, teach and defend the Faith. When he doesn't, he is ignored, because the Faith is what's important. The pope has never been the 'end all, be all' of our Faith, except in modern times. This pope-centric idealism is an excess like many of the excesses of modernism.
Right--a true Pope is nothing more than the Vicar of Christ. How dare folks have such lofty ideals and not be content just telling the Pope "go stick it" when he's wrong.
#SARCASM
BTW--the term "pope-centric" has very protestantesque ring to it.
And wouldn't it seem that it is the R&Rers who view the Pope as the "'end all, be all' of our Faith?"