Does this mean that the Catholic Pope residing in the Vatican will have heavy influence on US Supreme Court Justice decisions?
Well, I certainly hope so!
So now we've got Chief Justice Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Sam Alito, Gorsuch (who was a Catholic, but now attends an Episcopal church) and, soon, Kavanaugh. Plus Sotomayor. That's 5 1/2 Catholics. Kagan, Breyer and Ginsburg are Jews.
It would be best if Sotomayor would listen more to the Pope.