I understand your point and the number you use for Catholics worldwide sounds about right but you and I both know that the number is truly about half that if you consider who is an active or practicing catholic. Remember, joe Biden and Nancy pelosi are both catholic but don't subscribe to the tenants of the church. That being said, even though the Catholics comprise the largest percentage of Christian denominations, they are often the most maligned Christian group, at least here in the states. The number of Catholics in Europe and the U.S. Is still higher percentage wise than other denominations, but have been an afterthought in our society to the point where we are considered a cancer to progress and all that. I would argue that a catholic person in our culture is considered, at least by more liberal sided folks, to be no different than an extremely conservative person would consider a transgender person. Maybe I'm wrong, but there doesn't seem to be a huge difference, and regardless the double standard that we ought to have a thicker skin than transgender folks and should just suck it up because there are so many of us is an unreasonable argument for people to make. The dignity of the human person remains, regardless of association.