How can the Catholic Church be a true Church if there are so many sins and evils in its history?

QUESTION: how can the Catholic Church be a true Church if there are so many sins and evils in its history?

ANSWER: This question can be answered with simple reasoning. As Christians, we are inspired by the thoughts, words, feelings, and deeds of Jesus Christ. Through Baptism we were “grafted” to Him, like a branch grafted onto a vine. But when we commit sins, we commit them not because we draw inspiration from Christ, but precisely because we are separated from Him.