The Catholic church is full blown Pharisee as we speak, so this article is meh?
I do not see this article even inferring that. However, since distinctive Catholic teachings are not manifest in the only wholly inspired substantive authoritative record of what the NT church believed (which is Scripture, in particular Acts through Revelation, which best shows how the NT church understood the gospels), then there is similarity. That of "teaching for doctrines the commandments [and traditions]of men." (Mark 7:7)