Pope Frank is a decent guy, sure.

But over the centuries the Catholic Church has been responsible for plenty of evil deeds.  Nonetheless, not even the Catholic Church has done the damage to America that has been done by evangelical Christians 
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- and, given the history of the Catholic church's opposition to
the spread of public education,
the study of virtually any kind of science,
freedom of conscience,
freedom of religion,
freedom of speech,
freedom of association,
free and fair elections, and
women's rights 
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that's saying something.