I'm of the opinion that it was evil from inception and, despite that, there have no doubt been countless members of it with pure hearts toward God, so I'm not taking anything away from that. But the entire concept of a pope is blasphemous--Jesus is the mediator between God and man, not some man who lets people call him father and kiss his ring. The papacy = the antichrist, every single one. The office of papacy is antichrist. God has used the Catholic church for good throughout the ages, yes, but need I bring up the atrocities? A literal 1,000 years of darkness. The founding fathers of America knew this too, and Catholics used to be barred from holding public office I believe... not to mention the very reason America was formed, to get away from the whore of Babylon!

edit- and I wish the Catholics(?) downvoting my anti-Catholic comments would step out and counter something! Maybe I'll re-think some of my positions?

I'm of the opinion that it was evil from inception and, despite that, there have no doubt been countless members of it with pure hearts toward God, so I'm not taking anything away from that. But the entire concept of a pope is blasphemous--Jesus is the mediator between God and man, not some man who lets people call him father and kiss his ring. The papacy = the antichrist, every single one. The office of papacy is antichrist. God has used the Catholic church for good throughout the ages, yes, but need I bring up the atrocities? A literal 1,000 years of darkness. The founding fathers of America knew this too, and Catholics used to be barred from holding public office I believe... not to mention the very reason America was formed, to get away from the whore of Babylon!