Thomas,
You are right there...it will never be enough! As I said on another thread, I have no intention of forgiving the Catholic Church for its millennia of persecution of my people. My heroes are NOT martyrs, but those crypto-Jews, who lived ostensibly as "Catholics" for so many generations they eventually forgot they were Jewish, not only in Spain but in the New World as well. Sometimes their descendants have re-converted to Judaism on learning of their heritage--500 years of the "blessings" of Catholicism were not enough to tear them from their spiritual roots. As I said, I admire the Conversos aka Marranos tremendously because they chose to LIVE for their faith rather than die for it. It's a decision that takes not only courage but commitment over the long haul.
Their predicament was 100% caused by the Inquisition, and NOT the Protestant version of it either! We all know Luther also persecuted and burned heretics, but that doesn't excuse the Catholic Church.
If you like, you can personally apologize to me on because of the ignorant bullies who called me "Christ-killer" when I was a kid, including that one bitch who tried to make me kneel and beg forgiveness for "killing Jesus." (She didn't succeed.) The bullies were both Catholics and Protestants, but it was YOUR Church that started that vicious slander, and don't expect me to forget it. So you can apologize if you like (I really don't give a damn one way or the other), but just don't expect me to accept your apology on behalf of the Catholic Church, which has yet to apologize to the Jews or any of its other victims.
--Linda