One hand of the church does the nice stuff, the other hand, is, well, let's not even go there. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
I think you forgot the multiple crusades, the salem witch trials, the constant degredation of the jewish by the christians and catholics up until right after WW2 and the holocaust, or not even mentioning the iron hand of the church during the ENTIRE dark ages, the complacency and silent approval of Hitler by the RCC, the fact that Hitler himself grew up a catholic and professed to be doing the will of god. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Responsibility for such protection was long in the hands of the church. (religion-online.org)