Catholics react to the word of God as found in the bible in its unadulterated form as if they were being offered a goblet of poison.
The word of God after having been processed in the adulteration chambers and heavily edited in the editorial department of the Catholic Church on the contrary was like honey, sweet and delightful to the ears.
The Catholic Church, you must understand, believes itself to be the voice of God, God's anointed representative or emissary, on earth, and hence does what it does as it sees fit.
As for the Pope, well, he was considered to be none other than Peter, the first pope, his successor, who oversaw and guided his flock, baptized Catholics, in the way he and the church elders decided they should go for the salvation of their souls through the forgiveness of sins.
Who knows? After all, with almost 1.4 billion baptized Catholics in the world today including the chief shepherd and his cardinals, surely they could not all be wrong, now could they?
