Meanwhile, American Catholics pretend to believe their church is not a destructive force for America
Seriously? The Pope is not the Church. At best he's a temporary custodian of something Christ and the Holy Spirit built and own.
As far as forces destroying America, go see your local Planned Parenthood clinic. Every day it's calling down God's wrath on America, and God's wrath will destroy far more thoroughly than any other force you can imagine.
Yer funny.
Who teaches that mankind are fallible and weak, and to "put not your trust in princes" but in the Truth? That would be the Catholic Church. The Church and its teaching have already dealt with your complaint, which is eternal, and which is rooted in the flaws of individual men like us. The Church, which is in reality, teaches that we each must turn to Christ daily to be healed of our wounds and faults.
Maybe most to your question about America: What religion are about 90 percent of President Donald Trump's appointees to his cabinet, staff, and to the courts?
We all know the answer to that. The question is "Why?"
As you're well aware, it's because the Catholic Church holds the Truth and articulates it--in season and out of season. Catholics--devout and energetic ones, rather than old, trendy, washed-up, 1960s "Catholic" rebels against the Church. Catholics formed the intellectual and social resistance against 0bama and his swamp. Then they voted for Trump, and were crucial to his victory.
I'm sorry our world is full of suffering and uncertainty, and its figureheads are a very mixed lot. But we who read the scriptures and the writings of the Church fathers have no right to be surprised. This was the world as Christ described it to us when He was with us, and He made it quite clear what our mission is: daily martyrdom, daily persistence, and yes, daily joy.
Stop griping, shoulder your pack, encourage your buddies, and fight on.