@AugustineBrother,
AugustineBrother wrote:
Even ADAM could see this badda-BING
Parishes and missions 408,637
Primary and secondary schools 125,016
Universities 1,046
Hospitals 5,853
Orphanages 8,695
Homes for the elderly and handicapped 13,933
Dispensaries, leprosaries, nurseries and other institutions 74,936
Yes, Catholicism is a world-wide church doing world-wide good. However, I suspect that those that one might think are anti-Catholic have a different focus entirely. Meaning, caring for the world is not their mantra, but caring for Americans is their mantra. It might all go back to the history of why Protestants came to this country. It was not the same reason that Catholics came. It originally was for the religious freedom that Catholic Europe did not offer. Also, I have heard it said that if Catholicism could make this a Catholic country (with the church running the school systems) it would do so.
Plus, Protestants might also feel towards Catholics spititually like they might feel towards Jews; that being that they seem to be not acknowledging that the bible (both testaments) is the inspired word of God, and one should pray directly to Him (period). And, one cannot buy Salvation through Good Works, which you seem to have advertised in the inception of your thread. Nice, but no cigar!