Regarding Pope Che(Francis), the Catholic Church is slowly going out of existence. It lost lots of young people with all of those same sex priests assaulting young boys. Then, to build up their numbers in the USA they welcomed the illegal Catholics from the south of the border nations. They have just about disappeared in Western Europe. They are a form of government who care more about their own existence than they do about the teachings of Jesus Christ. They will embrace Islam if they think it will keep their money flow intact.
“They are a form of government who care more about their own existence than they do about the teachings of Jesus Christ. They will embrace Islam if they think it will keep their money flow intact.”
And that situation is applicable to nearly all “organized churches” in the world. They have devolved into businesses not unlike our governments. They are different in that they have all these trapping and rituals, but absent all of that, they are simple a collection of “God Businesses,” that look at their bottom line over anything else. Being a “good xxxxx,” is primarily predicated on how much you spend with them. And they are run by people who are not as “good” as you are telling you that depending on how much you drop into their collection plates, they can make you “better.” Organized religion is a narcotic for people who are either afraid of what they have done in their lives or they are stupid. I submit that you don’t need any of them to have a believe in God and live a good life. They are simply crutches.