The Pope

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The Prince of Christ, Bishop of Rome, "Da Popa", he is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The Pope is self-proclaimed to be infallible.

The Pope is referred to by some protestant sects as "The Whore of Babylon" (see Cult of Asherah, in Snow Crash). Said sects promulgate a conspiracy theory that Simon Peter never went to Rome to establish the church, instead a satanic magician by the name of Simon Magus who was spurned by the Apostles did go there, impersonate Simon Peter, and create a 'false' church.

As Hiro Protagonist is told by the Librarian, the Cult of Asherah's metavirus compromised the Christian religion within a matter of days after the Crucifiction of Jesus.