they have to at least acknowledge that the pope and the rest of the clergy tells them they are bad people.

Or they're sedevacantists who absolutely hate Vatican II and want the pope to be the most racist Italian you've ever seen

You would think so but Americans are capable of self delusion and hypocrisy that puts the world to shame

It is until enough people within the church disagree and then it's schism o'clock

Iirc there are some practices that differ but idk I'm not Christian

I'm from Latam too and it really varies. Also the bar is literally on the floor with American Catholics. The Latam Catholics I've had experiences with at least don't hate poor people as much.

Anyway, I'm not gonna defend Catholics. Some of them are good people, many rural priests I've met are liberation theology pilled but at the end of the day they still support all the homophobic and transphobic shit the church does by being part of it.

Idk I see a very clear difference between American and European Catholics. American Catholics keep trying to do protestant shit like personal relationship with God and rejecting ecumenicalism, while European Catholics will be reactionary but at least take church doctrine more seriously.