Why was the pope an important christian leader?

belive it or not, popes were very important. When war went on, the pope would take a huge metal bat called a vecat and wack his oponets withit. however their weren't many popes because it was a dangourus job. the pope couldn't wear armor because it would slow himself (always a boy) down. Even the vecat was hollow to make it lighter but it could still easily split skulls and disarm oponents.