I believe the church is the body and well, you know, people are going to hate it as they hated Jesus. I'm not Roman Catholic...I'm Protestant, either way we are still of the same body and I think the group you encountered might just be a bit confused/on the wrong path. There's idiots everywhere. While yelling back probably made you feel vindicated, I'm not so sure it would have been the correct thing to do. Meaning I'd have shown them the bird! And then asked for forgiveness!
