“It’s kind of a relief that she’s not claiming to be a Christian anymore. “
If I read the blurp correctly, she still claims to be a Christian. She is no longer Catholic.
In order to control people the organized church often resorts to legalism and thereby pervert the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Every human being has earned, is earning and will earn death and hell. God’s grace through His Son, Jesus Christ, gives us life and heaven. Sin earns me death, faith in Christ gives me life.
Sin is a never-failing part of our life. Those who cannot trust in God’s grace, re-label sin as something acceptable to God. What was trust and submission to the holiness of God becomes rebellion and pride. It is next to impossible to be delivered from something you have convinced yourself is good.
A believer who repeatedly fails to overcome his sinful behavior is in a much better place than a non-believer who in his or her own strength lives a slightly more moral life.