As a protestant who isnt a church leader and couldnt care less about how much money or members the church has (small church ftw). A lot of the catholic doctrines just seem to not fit the scriptures. Like why pray to saints instead of to Jesus since he is the great high priest? Why is mary venerated so greatly and what is a "hail mary" when she was just a person too and does not have a divine nature or any claim to the divine name? Why is salvation not purely the saving relationship with Jesus.

Also the thing that got me to first question the catholic church is that they are the best fit for the description of the woman on the beast. How else would you explain it?https://youtu.be/SDGcTBFsAMc