Maybe it's a case of quid pro quo:
...it is inconvenient for a Catholic to call a Protestant preacher reverend, because this is to indirectly confer legitimacy to his heretical confession. It is much better to call a Lutheran Mr. Jones instead of reverend Jones, or use the title Doctor or Professor, if it is applicable. In writing, it is sometimes necessary to refer to a Protestant as bishop, but the title should be lower case, e.g. bishop Philip Robinson, or Protestant bishop Robinson, as a sign of differentiation from the Catholic Bishop.We Americans have the duty to be especially vigilant regarding tolerance toward Protestantism. It was such tolerance that produced the heresy of Americanism, which in final analysis, is to adapt Catholic doctrine and practices to Protestantism. Unfortunately that same penchant that induced Leo XIII to write against Americanism is still alive today not only among progressivist Catholics, but even among conservative or traditionalist American Catholics.
The same general rule regarding Protestants that is, to avoid the religious title in direct address would apply to the hierarchy in other heretical or schismatic confessions. If a title is used in writing, it should be lower case, e.g. rabbi Jacob Levinsky, or for an orthodox bishop, bishop Michael Baldwin, etc.
-- from the thread How to Address Priests and Religious: Titles and Signs of Respect
My point was that today's liberal, pro-islamic, ultra-ecumenical Catholic Church treats only one group as pariahs: traditional rural American Fundamentalist Protestants. The point was to highlight liberal hypocrisy, not the arrogance of the old, pre-VII Catholic Church. I don't begrudge the member of any religion believing that theirs is the only one that's true. It's the others, the "we're all brothers except for those rednecks" that I can't stand.
You and I seem to be approaching Catholicism from two completely opposed places, Alex. I can assure you that the big bad old "orthodox" Catholic Church is never coming back and will never threaten you. The current Church will, however, treat you like a leper for believing the "old testament" (chas veshalom!) is literally true.