Thanks RM. I was going to compile a list of these someday so I've bookmarked it.
The Catholics will, of course, say these are traditions which the church has the authority to impose. They get this idea from the Council of Trent (correctly pointed out in your list) when the council declared Tradition to be equal with the scripture. Thus it becomes a circular argument. (e.g. We follow tradition and we know this is right because our traditions say so.) The Pope infalibility declared in 1870 makes this so.
I don't know if I would equate them with "the beast of Babylon". In studying their theology I can only conclude the TRUE believers are my Christian brothers and sisters. I understand this is not reciprical (they believe those outside the RCC are-at best-heretics) and generally I make allowances for their beliefs.
Ironically, Catholics will look at other people in the Catholic church who are true apostates as fellow believers just because they belong to the church. It has been my experience they will defend these Catholic apostates or Catholics who are in grievious error over solid Protestants believers every time. No matter how wrong the Catholic and how right the Protestant. Something which I find offensive and un-Biblical.
I do think they have strayed from sound teaching and feel I would be remiss if I failed to point it out from time to time.
Man, Harley, you really haven't been listening, or you just pick and choose what you want to hear. I really don't know where to start in identifying the errors in that last post of yours, there are so many.