[Petronski]

If so, would that not make me a target of Ratzinger's pronouncement, along with all other Protestants?

Again, stop trying to stuff words into the Pope's mouth. He did not refer to defective Christians.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Was Ratzinger referring to the bricks of the buildings that house our churches or to the people inside the buildings which make up the church?

Because for Protestants, the "church" is not a pile of cement, but a congregation of like-minded believers who know Christ to be their cornerstone.

If the pope calls Protestant churches "defective," he is slandering Protestants who worship as part of those "defective churches."

You know, this is really funny. When Protestants criticize Rome on the forum, RCs automatically hit the abuse button and say they are being personally criticized and demand the threads to be pulled or comments deleted.

It's clearly a double standard, only Protestants don't throw a fit. We simply counter Rome's criticism and errors with Scripture.