Ah, the fallacies and failures of organized religion; indeed, I have never seen organized religion of any stripe improve the lives or spiritual health of those who serve it. Christianity in particular is based on a personal relationship with our Creator, which Catholicism strives in every way to thwart or block. A human cannot have a personal relationship with a God if he must first pass through the fallible human roadblock of a priest or even the God's mother. This is a construct based on the old covenant of blood sacrifice through the Levitical priesthood in the Holy of Holies. If one subscribes to the Christian faith--and I do--we understand that the death and resurrection of Christ did away with this hindrance forever by physically destroying the Holy of Holies in Jerusalem and placing responsibility for commune with the spirit of God directly on each individual. People can choose whatever faith system they wish. I choose the faith system involving Jesus. My personal decision and I won't be caught trying to convert any Muslims or Hindus. Their business. However, if one chooses the Christian faith, the act of tossing out the new covenant in favor of a dead tradition of passing through human priests for atonement and salvation is tragic. I am never surprised when people struggle with faith that is based on the traditions of men, particularly traditions that were made to serve governments and rulers, not the people in bondage to them.