The office of "pope", called "Bishop of all Bishops" was invented by Roman Emperor in the east, Justinian I, in 536 AD. He in fact, removed a bishop in Rome to replace him with the first "Bishop of all Bishops".
Likely because in some cultures, their toilets are holes in the floor, and they only know squatting versus sitting, to evacuate their bowels.
This sort of talk is simply a demand that something privately done in the past should now be open in public. Next up, shitting on glass floors so folks can stand underneath them and watch.