You should learn some more about the Catholic Church, particularly before starting off with criticisms. The Spanish inquisition, considered the worst one, was actually far better than the Spanish government court system. A thief who stole some bread and was caught by the government would often curse and blaspheme so the government authorities would be forced to turn the thief over to the inquisition. They knew the inquisition would treat them well, often with a meal before being released with a slap on the wrist. Witch hunts were a big thing among Protestants. The famous Salem Witch Trials were not at all a Catholic thing. Most of the famous witch hunts were Protestant. Selling indulgences was the error of one man who sold them in Germany and after Luther pointed it out the practice was done away with by the council of Trent. We do not worship Mary or the saints. Protestant princes forced the conversion of their Catholic citizens to become Protestant. You would be more likely forced to convert by a Protestant prince than any Jew forced to convert by a Catholic prince. Still no excuse that it ever happened, just that Protestants can first remove the beam in their eye. For centuries it was illegal to be Catholic in places like Britain and the Scandinavian countries. The massacre of the Hugenots was indeed terrible, but it was somewhere between 5000 and 30,000, not 100's of thousands. Not an excuse, but not what your irresponsible number indicates.
When you start to take history seriously you will get a better picture of the Catholic faith. Much of what you have absorbed about the Catholic faith seems to be naive. If I believed all of that junk I would be anti-Catholic as well. Learn some history.
You might also want to figure out that this discussion had nothing to do with the name 'pope' 'papa' and more to do with some particular discontent among Catholics nervous about the present pope and whether he is intending to ignore the words of Jesus about marriage and divorce and remarriage after divorce. Most Protestants have already ignored the words of Jesus in that regard, With Catholics being among the last to be faithful to Jesus with regard to marriage. Your posting was an unwanted distraction, something easily explained in the context Jesus intended for it. You think you have this great criticism of the Catholic Church. You missed the mark. It was about something bishop Athanasius Schneider said. He is the bishop of Astana Kazakhstan, probably just down the road from you. It might be worth it to understand him, maybe learn something from him.
