I understand what you are saying, but I must ask you, what is your feeling about the reign of Elizabeth I, who, in the name of her Christian beliefs had Catholics killed?
No one here claims the Church has an unblemished record, nor that there have been popes and other leaders of seriously bad character.
For me, that truth has been one of the reasons I am Catholic.
Jesus promised His Church would survive even the gates of hell and it has.
“...I must ask you, what is your feeling about the reign of Elizabeth I, who, in the name of her Christian beliefs had Catholics killed?”
You could pick a better example than Queen Elizabeth. She had very few Catholics put to death during most of her reign. At the end, after multiple attempts on her life by Catholics, she killed Catholics for lack of loyalty, not out of religious belief. Unlike her older sister, Bloody Mary...
There have been ample killings on both sides. When you mix church and state, evil comes. Doesn’t matter if it is Protestant or Catholic, mixing politics with church is a bad idea.