Interesting viewpoint...I would have thought that being open minded and being a strict Catholic were almost opposite ...

Sometimes people like to base things on a person's religion that they follow. I was born Christian though I come from an accepting family. Catholic churches inside are really beautiful though, I haven't been to many churches but they must all be pretty inside. I imagine they're suppose to be nice places like you said.

I'm not Catholic but I'm a Christian and one of the most important things I've learned (if anything) is that we are all far from being perfect. And as long as we understand that, we're good.