Basically good. So if I violate Christ's directives while saying I'm "upholding the faith" it's my good intentions that should be weighed instead of the fact that the intentions led to murder? Is this what you intended to tell us?
I didn't say anything about intentions. I assert that the Catholic church in the context of all of history is something basically good; quite good, in fact. I don't get the bashing. Is it possible the bashers here are being revisionistically antiseptic about the role of heresy in every pre-modern religion? For example, it is foolish to curse the Pharisees for doing what religious leaders must - face down dangerous threats to their faith. It must be understood in context.