I admit many of the doctrines of the Catholic Church can be confusing, that's why there is such an emphasis on Catholic education and schooling. Not everything can be taken at face value, and requires a lot of thought to understand. That's probably a big reason so many people dislike the Catholic Church, they simply fear/dislike what they don't understand, and more often than not, don't even want to try to understand, because they already have certain points of view drilled into their heads. It's really too bad.
Amen!
Actually, I've never had the chance to know anything about Catholicism except here on FR. The nearest Catholic Church to me while I was growing up was almost 100 miles. I knew not one Catholic, and had no opinion about them or their Church (of course, except they were wrong - but I believed that about all Christian denominations.)
I have to admit, that what I've heard about your dogman so far on FR, is not impressive....and no, I don't understand it. God has not made it one bit clearer to me (as He did with the Bible, once I read it without the direction of my former religious leaders.) God made his Word crystal clear, just by reading, studying and praying. No Writer, Pastor, Preacher, Minister, Prophet or Pope has to discern the meaning for me, but sometimes when I have questions, their opinion helps me work-out my understanding (yes, I even use the Pope to help me).