Those people at the National Cathedral aren’t historic Protestants. They are Protestant only in the sense that they claim to be Christians who aren’t Catholic. The truth is they are post-Christian apostates. I don’t know why they bother.
Maybe the problem with your pope is that he is a JESUIT. Then again, I am no fan of any pope, whether Jesuit or not.
No one could accuse either well-catechized, traditional Catholics or conservative Protestants of wearing blinders regarding the Islamic threat. However, both groups are in the minority within present-day, secularized Western society.