[madison10]

The Vatican recently offended its Protestant and Jewish partners in ecumenical “dialogue” by reiterating the most basic claim of the Catholic Church: that it’s the One True Church, the only sure way to salvation. Apparently the tacit precondition of “dialogue” was that the Church stand prepared to renounce her identity.

Ummmm...I have a problem with the above.

[ZULU]

There are Catholics and there are Catholics.

Christ died to save all people, not just Catholics, and not just even Christians for that matter. The Cathilic Church, like the Protestant Chruches and Orthodox Churches, may trace their teachings - some of them - back to Christ, but he didn't found any of them. They are human constructs.

Otherwise, a good article.

[tekriter]

Catholics believe that the Catholic Church is the Church founded by Jesus Christ in Mt 16:18. Other Christians find this to be a "hard saying" (Jn 6:60).

I invite those who would like to know the arguments for the Catholic belief to read An Interactive Detective Story by Tony Kovach.