Tipsheet Better Than the Pope -- He's the Messiah! Carol Platt Liebau | July 11, 2009 3:07 PM Re: Meredith's post below: Given that a significant segment of the left (and the MSM) sees the President as much more than just the leader of this country -- more like a secular Messiah -- it's hardly surprising that he would be deemed to be, in effect, "more Catholic than the Pope."After all, the Son of God outranks the Pope in the heavenly hierarchy, right?