I find that there's a lot of misunderstanding about the Catholic church. Part of my family is Baptist and Pentecostal, and they're always tell the Catholic half that they are not Christians, but idol worshippers. Besides be offensive, it's just so wrong. When I went to grade school I was in a mostly Protestant area and one of the school yard taunts against me was that I was a "Mary worshipper". It struck me as an odd insult, even then. Anyone have similar experiences?

I find NZ has a very anti-Catholic sentiment as well.