Catholics don't owe complete obedience to the Pope. We do only on religious matters where we believe he to be infallible.

And, as has been pointed out since the 19th century, the Pope never infallibly declared infallibility, even today, so we don't owe the Pope obedience on anything. Catholics disagree how many times the Pope has invoked infallibility, ranging from one to hundreds, so my view of zero is right there in the mix. The fact is that Simon says certain statements are theoretically infallible, but Simon didn't say which statements are infallible, and you have the original game of Simon Says so you ought to know how to play.