Penny:

This is what the Pope ACTUALLY said:

�It follows that these separated churches and Communities, though we believe they suffer from defects, are deprived neither of significance nor importance in the mystery of salvation. In fact the Spirit of Christ has not refrained from using them as instruments of salvation, whose value derives from that fullness of grace and of truth which has been entrusted to the Catholic Church�[12]."

That's verbatim from the document.

Here's the link to the entire document:

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/c...oc_20070629_responsa-quaestiones_en.html

I'll let you figure out how the statement quoted above is interpreted by some to mean "the world wide LEADER of the Catholic Church is saying everybody that isn't catholic is going to Hell."

Here's a hint: He didn't, and you're not.

rb



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