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Martin Luther was most assuredly a Catholic who hoped to reform his Church for the abuses and misunderstandings he noted in it.
Maybe, but he DID rend it asunder.

Wonder if you have any indignation towards that Pope of that time who contributed to this schism, the same one who was guilty of selling indulgences which we know now you reject as a Catholic today

Yes I do, along with Pope Alexander VI, the Borgia Pope. But, the current church has reformed itself, so why is the schism, the rift in God's church still rent wide open? It's lead to abominations like the ECUSA and Methodist's current teachings on gayys. I would like to welcome back the Lutherans and the many Christian Episcopalians (still left in that place) to rejoin in communion with the Mother Church.

LOL! On this side of the Rhine (so to speak!) most orthodox (or as we call ourselves, catholic) Lutherans don't think much of going across the Tiber, we have to big a fight on our hands where we are. No need to sign up for a whole NEW batch of problems.

As to Luther not leaving the church today, I don't know. The Reformation was as much a political event as it was a theological one. Luther really didn't want to break with the church, he pleaded till his death that he wanted a council to discuss and rule on his ideas, but no council was held till after his death (Trent). By that time, the Protestant rulers were afraid to show up, and things had progressed to the point where a split was more permanent.