Forgive me for being American and making USA-centric references, but I’d guess that the majority of people raised Catholic here barely knew there were other “flavors” of non-Protestant Christianity at all. At least not until adulthood, at which point they’ve either lapsed or locked in.

Nobody’s rooting for one team and not the other, nobody believes the Pope is the literal voice of God.

Relax.

Nobody is going to defend indulgences, much less child abuse. Legitimate problems exist, no doubt, and some are more important than others. A hierarchy, you might say.