How are Catholics and Protestants different?
I could write a book on this, but let’s just touch on some of the more obvious points. First, the organizations are different. The Catholic Church has a pyramid-shaped organization, with the Pope at the peak. Protestant groups have various organizations, but none of them are under the Pope. The next most obvious thing is the matter of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Protestants respect Mary very much, but they don’t put up statues of her and they don’t pray to her. In contrast, some Catholic churches at times seem like a “Mary Religion.” The third easy-to-understand point is that Catholic priests and nuns aren’t allowed to marry, while Protestant pastors are.
