I for one have no idea whether or not we have a pope or, if we do, who he is. Every time I pray a Rosary, I preface the first Pater Noster not with the traditional "for the intentions of the Holy Father," but with a long and tortured prayer couched in endless variations on "if this, then that."
That is not necessary.
God sees your heart. He is not a lawyer, much less an English or American-style "common law" lawyer/judge where the law is all about what is written down and precedents (previous rulings and cases).
When you pray for your parents, you don't preface it with all kinds of caveats such as, "But I don't pray that they succeed in any of their sinful endeavors, if any, and I don't approve of anything heretical they have ever thought, said or done..."
With God, such "provisos" and "caveats" always go without saying.
Your quote (above) strikes me as scrupulous, legalistic, and tragic, really.