Enterprise, I think you are not attacking Catholics but have misunderstood some things about the Catholic attitude.
We are all called to resist evil, which is one of the reason the great majority of our police forces are Catholic, and there is a disproportionately heavy dose of Catholics in the military too. A government or a ruler is resonsible for protecting his people, and this does mean using force.
The Pope was talking about situations in which individuals are powerless to defeat by force those who hate us. In that case, we cannot bow down (the way the hostage reporters who "converted" to Islam did), but simply have to accept whatever suffering comes to us for holding to our principles and our faith.
Now THAT is a reasonable view! (And explanation)
Well spoken words livius. This is why devotion to St. Micheal is very popular also.