A lot of researchers contend that the head of the Jesuits, AKA the black pope is more powerful than the pope. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_General_of_the_Society_of_Jesus
Then you get into the black nobility form old roman and Venetian families. Who according to some are the real power. Then others contend that it's the P2 masonic lodge from Italy that's running shit. And let's not forget the Knights of Malta.