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I do think a wonderful thing would be for Catholics and Evangelicals to get together and mend fences. We each have blind spots and an everything on the table discussion would profit us both.

Protestants have a habit of succumbing to fads and getting into tempest-in-a-teacup type congregation splitting hissy fits. I’ve seen heretofore rational preachers go off the demon chasing deep end (Holy Supernatural, Batman!), I’ve seen young and impressionable lives greatly damaged by thoughtless and judgmental behavior from those in authority when perhaps a better leadership structure would have resulted in wiser and cooler heads prevailing.

I do think the Catholic teaching of papal infallibility is a problem and that the celibacy requirement has caused them deep and lasting harm. For one thing it has stopped some of the finest men God has put upon the earth from reproducing, for another it has attracted many of the badly wrong sort, for a third it has caused a shortage which makes rooting out the bad ones even more difficult.

Even on a one to one basis with a friend, just comparing notes in a spirit of fellowship is going to enrich both.

I do think the Catholic teaching of papal infallibility is a problem...

Does the RCC push this teaching currently? Not many RCs seem to believe it anymore anyway. RCC leadership seem to check their polling data and with focus groups before making adjustments in RC theology.

...and that the celibacy requirement has caused them deep and lasting harm.

Rather than RC priests burning with desire for boys and other flesh, it's best that they marry. Or at least be placed on potential sexual offenders lists. But homosexuality is accepted by the RCC in practice, contrary to some official denials, just as homosexuality is accepted by secular government in America as lawful...for now.

I do think a wonderful thing would be for Catholics and Evangelicals to get together and mend fences.

Plenty of Protestant groups have mended fences with the RCC and get more Roman Catholic every year.

Evangelicals with Catholics? That's like wishing oil would stay miscible with water.