***were likewise laughed to scorn when they in-formed the Protestant he must become Catholic to be saved.***
So, for example, an evangelical Christian pastor in China who's lead tens of thousands of people to faith in Christ and is currently in prison and beaten daily for his refusal to renounce Christ WON'T BE SAVED IF HE DOESN'T BECOME A CATHOLIC?
No wonder your people got laughed at. The ironic truth is that those two young men mentioned in the article won't be saved themselves unless they are authentically born of the Spirit.
You know a tree by it's fruit, not by it's church affiliation.
You simply don't care to understand or haven't bothererd to educate yourself on the Catholic concept of salvation. Why not learn instead of just blurting out whatever comes to mind?
I don't have time to do for you what you won't do for yourself, but to begin in a small way to answer your question, you yourself happen to be considered baptized into the faith if you've been baptized at all. We've excommunicated priests for claiming (among other claims) that those who don't specifically attend Catholic Mass have no chance of salvation.