No one expects you to apologize. They are your beliefs and most of them I agree with. I was drawn to something else in the Catholic Church and have always detested the "Old Boys' Network." I studied Catholicism as an adult under a Priest who was rather liberal, so much so that he'd probably have been thoroughly chastised by upper management had they known. That may be why Father Tom got transferred out of KC. He was a Jesuit and dearly loved by all the Catholics he served. Had the wimpy priest who came after him been the Priest at the time I was undergoing Cathechism training, I probably would never have become a Catholic.

What I have loved about the Church is its sense of Community and its reverence. When I enter a Catholic Church, there is no sound of laughter and visiting as if you were at a Sunday Social like they have at most Protestant Churches. When you enter, it is a time for prayer and reflection, to be with God. That's how I used it.

When you needed anything, the Community was there to help you. Much more so than most Protestant Churches in my experience.

I detest the direction the Church took almost immediately after its founding. I'm awaiting the resurgence of the True Church which may come out of the Catholic Church or it may come in some other way but it will go back to the original principles, teachings of Jesus.