I was raised Catholic and I still am, but I just can’t get over 2 things: 1. Their treatment of pedophile priests. Shuffling them between church’s instead of complete banishment from the faith. Absolutely disgusting. 2. The pope’s word is infallible (if I followed this Catholic doctrine, then I would have gotten the Covid jab).

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> 1. I don’t know the details about the disciplinary measures the Church took to remedy that scandal, but I trust the Holy Spirit will guide the Church and help it endure until the end even if we have difficult times. >2. That’s a common misunderstanding. The Pope is only infallible when he speaks Ex-Cathedra. This rarely happens. The Pope can be wrong on a lot of things not pertaining the Faith such as vaccination. Check out Catholic Answers or ask ChatGPT for more details on when the Pope is deemed infallible
Not to mention indulgences, deification of Mary, purgatory, work-based salvation, using a priest as a mediator between God and man, prayers to the dead, vain repetition, and as you point out, the infallibility of the pope. Charles Spurgeon said the Catholic church is Satan's greatest masterpiece, and I tend to agree with him.