Please understand that when the scriptures refer to the "man of lawlessness", it's referreing to a certain race of man, as opposed to one individual man.
In 2nd Thess.2 Paul said that in the last days that race would oppose and exalt himself above the house of Israel, ie above the caucasian race. Of course like Daniel and John the Revelator, Paul was prophecying about the exaltation of African Americans and about their opposition to white Americans.
But in verse 4 Paul said, that he (the black man) would "sit in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God."
We won't know for sure until it happens, but there's a good possibility that Paul was referring to the Papacy and to a black pope.
Hey, one of them has already taken over the leadership of America, and there's no reason to believe that one won't take over the leadership of the Catholic Church as well.