So, here I was, face to face with the priest, telling him why I no longer wanted to be a member of his church. His face took on a bewildered look as I explained my desire to become one of Jehovah’s witnesses. Indignantly, he blurted out that I had simply been brainwashed by Jehovah’s witnesses. I replied that what I was learning was the truth and that it was entirely supported by God’s Word, the Holy Bible. This brought forth an angry and unexpected response: “You can’t believe everything the Bible says!” That really shocked me, as I thought back on how many times he had kissed the Bible and treated it with the utmost reverence while standing before the congregation. Now, behind closed doors, he insinuated that the great God of the universe was untrustworthy​—His Word could not be believed in its entirety. This man was showing his true colors.

An invitation came asking me to meet and talk to another priest. They still wanted to reunite me with the Catholic Church. On this occasion Jehovah truly helped me as I relied on Him for guidance. In our discussion, the involvement of the pope and priests with Hitler came up. In reply to my question: “Are you familiar with James 4:4 in the Bible where it says, ‘Adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship with the world is enmity with God’?” he said, “It has nothing to do with our case.”

However, I reminded him of the pope’s visit to the United Nations when he told that body: “I come as your friend.” “Doesn’t that constitute spiritual adultery?” I asked him. He became visibly nervous. I then referred to the Catholic Church as being a substantial part of Babylon the Great, as shown in the book of Revelation. “At Revelation 17:1-4,” I pointed out, “it says that she sits with scarlet-colored robes as a queen, and commits religious fornication with the kings of the earth.” At that he became infuriated and stormed out of the room.