In Canto XXVII, Dante again takes a crack at Pope Boniface. Further reading told me that in the old days, the Pope had troops, not just the Swiss Guard. For poor Guido, the devious Pope gave him a direct ticket to hell, although Pope absolution.
In a way, this canto plays down the position of the pope, maybe even the whole story. Dante may be giving the people of the Middle Century a message, "the Pope(s) are still human". All humans have the potential to sin, including the Pope.
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