Hi Keisha. Well, there's still that pope thing and the mary thing. :)
But isn't it interesting how the evangelicals and Catholics are coming to realize how much we have in common in the face of the humanist onslaught against the Church--much of which comes from nominal Christians? We are two of the principal American Christian groups that stick to scripture. And that means our similarities far exceed our differences. (I have to say "American" because many of our Anglican brothers overseas are with us also.) If the evangelical churches disappeared tomorrow, I would probably swallow hard and become a Catholic, notwithstanding the Pope and Mary things. I know I follow a lot of the publications out of the Vatican on various subjects and there is almost always a really thoughtful opinion expressed that is firmly grounded in scripture.
I joke about our doctrinal differences regarding the Pope. But in reality, the last two Popes have been outstanding leaders of the Christian Church. Truly inspiring men of God.
The Pope and Mary thing , to me, are the building blocks of my faith.....I look at the Mary at Zeitun web pages to see once again, only on a photo, the wonderful light I saw when I went up to one of the seven heavens Acquinas talks about in his Summa; as a Catholic, I believe the Popes truly descended from Peter, humanity as it is, there were bound to be not so good Popes, they didn't "see" the innerlight also of conversion, which comes to people at different times, if you die before , then after the counsel meets with you and lays your whole life before you, as they did me, you, then can freely say what you believe and if you are willing to change some of them after what you see, if not, oh well, it is all bound up by love, and after what you see, leaves you with the longing for this love, well, then you are in, I mean God had trouble once with some angels, now , He wants to clarify it more, Catholic or not, belief in the Pope or Mary or not, what is essential is the lack of false pride, after all, Mary at Zeitun is a pretty fabulous thing! but, I suppose if you are like King Henry 8th and wanted his own, well then , complications ensue......seems to me, then , he didn't believe what the Pope told him, and resented the power of the Mother of God. whatever, conscience is the gipper