Chris McNeil might have done it for other motives. Remember, in the original Exorcist the church didn't want to admit that exorcisms were still performed. It is entirely possible that in the 1970s when Regan McNeil was still a kid the Vatican may have tried to shove the incident back in the closet and covered the…

Technicality: The pope is a successor to Saint PETER, the first pope (this is why St. Peter's Basilica is the most important church in the world for Catholics: it is where the Circus of Nero was located, where he was martyred.) There is no true successor to Christ. Christ is the Son of God. He is basically the head…