You wrote, “But instead he repeats the tired old Protestant claims that Catholics don’t personally know Christ.”
Where did the author of this piece say that?
Maybe you are the one telling “whoppers to try to increase your bona fides.”
I stand corrected it was more of an inference I made based on the implication of this statement
“Raised a Catholic . . . but not knowing God”
But you are correct he never outright wrote that and please accept my apologies for a hasty assumption.