Bush is as a self-declared Christian, but nothing confirms that in his words or actions. You can be a good person, compassionate, caring and giving and still be going to Hell, no matter what you want to call yourself. He and the Pope seem to be on the same track: You can go to heaven and be with God even when you don’t believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father. That is heresy.
Speaking as a devout Catholic here: this Pope better watch his mouth. He is getting himself into trouble with sloppy statements. Denial of God is a mortal sin. No one with mortal sin is going to heaven. Period.
As far as Bush goes, he is a good man and a good Christian. But politically, he was way off base thinking that "democracy" in a Middle Eastern context would do anything but put the screws to the ancient Christian communities that lived there. We should've insisted point blank as a sine qua non of any occupation/military engagement that the Christians in these countries *would be protected and defended by law*. The minute there was *any* violence in a church in Iraq, Afghanistan, or whatever we should've been on them like white on rice.
Our apostasy is getting Christians around the world killed because we are too wishy washy to stand up for them.
“Judge not lest ye be judged.”