Anon,
It's all allegorical. Others will say the Pope, and sure, that "fits". But you do realize that most all of it is bullshit, right?
We owe him everything for all he is doing.
It's a 1% thing. The full truth is there is, indeed a God. Absolute evidence of that in everything around and about us. All religious texts are essentially bullshit, and all religions are systems of control. What do you think is meant by dark to light?