no more Pope.

[El Blanco]

Thats Buchanan focusing on the US. The UN doesn't have a whole lot of sway in here, either.

Does that mean its about to disappear?

The Catholic Church is expanding in Africa and the Eastern Asia (not at an exponential rate, but its happening). Its tremendously powerful in Latin America and the Vtican holds tremendous political sway amongst international leaders.

I am not about to think that an institution that holds influence over 1 billion people is irrelevent.

It is not the total juggernaut it once was, but the Catholic Church is still tremendously powerful.