R. Helfman:   
She is entitled to the same consideration, yes. Catholic she is, yes. Christian, I don't know. I understand Christian to mean someone who has accepted the gift of salvation AS A GIFT, and not as a reward for religious performance. I may dislike intensely a Christian's point of view but I am bound to love him or her nonetheless. The same goes for everyone, with or without faith. 
    The Methodist commentator without faith should read THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV by Dostoevsky. The issues raised are the same and Alyosha's reply is classic. 
    If you read history some Popes were monarchs guilty of some of the greatest crimes against humanity in the history of civilization. The idea that somehow the "Magisterium" is gifted with a charism of either infallibility or the right to require uncritical acceptance of all it teaches is a heresy in itself. 
   For the record, someone may be Catholic and disagree with me. For Pandora, one must pass a test of orthodoxy on her terms first.