There is evidence of many churches and synagogues in the holy land that were octogonal before the time of the muslims. The dome at the rock is actually a greek church that the muslims stole and converted into there site, the same with Hagia Sofia in Constantinople. meaning it is actually a good symbol.
Your pope pics are fake. That is not the design on his robe. And the snake staff is of the Orthodox Patriarch. The dragon in particular, to the eastern christians, has much the same weight as the lion. It is like a protector of christianity. Dracula was not a name, but a title. Vlad Dracula means Vlad the Dragon. He was considered a great defender of christian lands against the turks. He and his father were members of the order of the dragon, a knights order with the mission to defend against muslim turks invading from the east. And there is the legends and myths associated with St.George the dragon slayer and martyr that is sourced over in turkey as well. Interesting how Visconti shield also is said to have come from dropped saracen shield.
There is evil in the church for sure, enough so that, there is no need to make up or misguide.
I want to see if maybe i can share a certain view about this image. The Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon were accused of worshipping this in some way not to mention other things like pissing or spitting on crosses. This is a lie, and the manufactured justifications for the pope at the time, Pope Clement V, and the king of france Phillip IV. This image was drawn by an artist specifically for the trials!! Popular culture depicts Knights Templars as evil, mafiosos, thugs, assassins and devil worshipers, but thats just not the truth. They did not pray or worship this, but probably the Pope and Kings did in secret.
Todays news cycles are filled with unbelievable stories coming out of the vatican like the police being called to break up a giant satanic gay orgy bacanal probably a ritual to bacchus (dionysus), not to mention all the child abuse.