The simple truth is that Jesus spoke out against the Pharisses because they made the people a slave to a system in which they could never escape. They needed the priests to offer sacrifices to God and the priests could without access to God for any reason they saw fit. Jesus came so we can seek him directly. We do not need other people to grant us access to God.
Like the Pharisees whom Jesus denounced, the Catholics have created a ‘religion’ based on their leadership, and rites, ceremonies, practices, vows, and all of the other trappings. Like the Jews who were blinded by Paheriseical leadership, so too are many Christians deceived by Catholic leadership. Right thinking Christians for years have seen the death legacy of the Catholic church, the evil it has perpetrated through the centuries, the sodomite coverups...can there be any doubt it is a tool of Satan?
None of this seems like news, though I do wonder why FR is so full of Catholic-related articles. Messianic Jews and born-again Christians are unfortunately lumped together with all of secular Jewish and Christian groups, such as the Catholic Church. What a time I have explaining the differences to my non-believing friends. To the real Christians who remain in the Catholic Church, you have my admiration. Keep your faith brothers and sisters, but understand that your organized religion is being used as a tool of Satan.