It appears that the Catholic church has not changed in essence since the days of the Inquisition and that all that’s keeping it in check is the power of Protestantism and civil governments based on Protestantism that prohibit the kind of appalling behavior.
Looking at history since the Reformation bears that out. The most free and prosperous nations to become the strongest the quickest, have tended by far to be overwhelmingly Protestant.
The predominantly Catholic ones have fared better where Catholic saw the fruit of Protestantism and where the Catholic church was forced to loosen its grip to hang onto adherents.
The Protestant “work ethic” is no myth. If man could improve his lot in this life by hard work he was obligated to do so instead of spending his whole life suffering in preparation for the next.