Aack!!! I did not know about all that! You really have to wonder if he has even studied the Bible. Yeah, Jesus’ blood gives us all the OPPORTUNITY to be redeemed, but we have to accept that redemption individually. I am Protestant and have no connection to (or use for) the Pope, but I am so disappointed in this man. I’m so sorry for our Catholic FReepers.
One FReeper (I can’t remember who) said it best over the weekend: “Pack up your pope crap and hit the road.” The man truly has cheapened the “popedom”, er, papacy.
He has defenders here, while other imagine they do not have to give assent to all encyclicals, and pick and choose which Cath. teaching is valid based upon their judgment of past non-inspired teaching of Rome, while censuring evangelicals who do so from wholly inspired Scripture.
Which is what Catholics believe.