I say this with no malice.
If you really had a close call, and the strongest thing pressing on your mind is how some people out there are arrogant and think they know it all, then maybe you should be more honest with yourself as to your real motivations. Whoever out there that you view as an ersatz pontiff isn't going to be there in the Final Judgment with you, their shortcomings aren't going to excuse yours.
Speck in the eye, and all that.
In the face of the finality of death, worldly contentions and mortal ego should seem like little more than a mirage or clump of foam on the ocean. Here one moment gone the next. There will always be those that try to set themselves up above the rest for whatever reason, nominally Catholic or not. What culture out there has not come to the collective conclusion that they are the apex, destined to inherit the Earth? Then, how many individuals actually end up believing it about not only their culture, tribe, group, etc, but about they themselves?
None of that will matter to you in the end. It will only bother you if your concern is about being "above" them or "cutting them down to size," instead of our Lord and the ultimate fate of your soul in Eternity.
Why would you bother worrying about the egos of people you will likely never even meet? Pray for them and move on, and pray that your mind is occupied by more important things (like God and your relationship with Him, repentance, etc) when death finally does come upon you.
I hope you take this well. I mean no offense. May God guide you in this matter.