Dominus Jesus was an exercise in back-tracking--which is why it created such a stir. You guys drive me nuts. You come up with nice quotes. But for every nice quote, I can cite ten that make the contrary point. Here are a few:
“The finite, human categories of time and space are almost completely secondary. All men, from the beginning of the world until its end, have been redeemed by Christ and his cross.” (Sign of Contradiction, 1979)
“Christians and Muslims...Both of us believe in one God...and we know that after the Resurrection he will be satisfied with us, and we know that we will be satisfied with him.” (Invitation to Joy, 1996)
“The Redemption even brings salvation to all, for each one is included in the mystery of the Redemption and with each one Christ has united himself forever through this mystery.” (Redemptoris Missio, 1990)
“The Redemption even brings salvation to all, for each one is included in the mystery of the Redemption and with each one Christ has united himself forever through this mystery.” (Redemptoris Missio, 1990)
The word "even" should actually be "event". Here it is in it's context:
In my first encyclical, in which I set forth the program of my Pontificate, I said that "the Church's fundamental function in every age, and particularly in ours, is to direct man's gaze, to point the awareness and experience of the whole of humanity toward the mystery of Christ."(4) The Church's universal mission is born of faith in Jesus Christ, as is stated in our Trinitarian profession of faith: "I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father.... For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man."(5) The redemption event brings salvation to all, "for each one is included in the mystery of the redemption and with each one Christ has united himself forever through this mystery."(6) It is only in faith that the Church's mission can be understood and only in faith that it finds its basis. Nevertheless, also as a result of the changes which have taken place in modern times and the spread of new theological ideas, some people wonder: Is missionary work among non-Christians still relevant? Has it not been replaced by inter-religious dialogue? Is not human development an adequate goal of the Church's mission? Does not respect for conscience and for freedom exclude all efforts at conversion? Is it not possible to attain salvation in any religion? Why then should there be missionary activity? "No one comes to the Father, but by me" (Jn 14:6)
You might want to read the entire encyclical. A call to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ does not support your charge of universalism.
"Invitation to Joy" is papal pictorial with excerpts from speeches. It would be nice to see the actual quote in its context. I wouldn't trust your sources.
Sign of Contradiction appears to be a Lenten retreat given in 1976 as Cardinal Wojtila to Pope Paul VI. Don't have time to get into it. Only references I saw googling were on sede websites. Maybe I'll still be interested tomorrow. 'night.