I mean, it’s pretty comparable. Vajrayana Buddhism is one latter sect of Buddhism and the Dalai Llama is its spiritual leader. Catholicism is a latter sect of Christianity that broke off after Nicea as a rebel Orthodox autocephalacy, and the Pope is its spiritual leader. If anything this represents a misconception of Catholicism’s role in Christianity as much as anything else… the numerical majority of Christians are no more Catholic than the numerical majority of Buddhists are Vajrayana.