Me? A theologian? Hardly...I'm just a standard layman who likes to keep read up on the Faith.
(Living in the metro DC area, I wish I could afford to be a theologian. But not only is tuition to become a theologian out of my reach (about $28K per year), but the salaries are such that I would have a very, very hard time paying the mortgage on a theologian's wages...so I just get to be a hobbyist...)
I understand - I live in the NYC metro area. :)
In answer to your previous question:
Who, then, can be saved?
Catholics can be saved if they believe the Word of God as taught by the Church and if they obey the commandments. Other Christians can be saved if they submit their lives to Christ and join the community where they think he wills to be found. Jews can be saved if they look forward in hope to the Messiah and try to ascertain whether God’s promise has been fulfilled. Adherents of other religions can be saved if, with the help of grace, they sincerely seek God and strive to do his will. Even atheists can be saved if they worship God under some other name and place their lives at the service of truth and justice. God’s saving grace, channeled through Christ the one Mediator, leaves no one unassisted. But that same grace brings obligations to all who receive it. They must not receive the grace of God in vain. MUCH WLL BE DEMANDED OF THOSE TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN.
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/apologetics/ap0254.htm
IMO, this is what Msr Albacete was talking about...he was GIVEN MUCH...so MUCH will be expected of him therefore the atheist who didn’t HEAR may indeed have more of a chance at the time of judgement. Only God knows and He is all Love, Justice and Mercy. Meanwhile Msr. continues to write his articles for the left and does his interviews with them - all the time telling them they’re wrong. He was also a close friend of Pope John Paul II and on friendly terms with Pope Benedict.
Here’s some of his writings – the first one takes on the Secularists - again in his reasoned way but gets his point across:
Christ is a Fact, Not a Concept
Only the encounter with Christ can resolve the problem between time and eternity, and therefore between religion and politics.
http://oldarchive.godspy.com/reviews/Faith-Politics-and-the-Scandal-of-Christ-by-Msgr-Lorenzo-Albacete-Communion-and-Liberation.cfm.html
http://oldarchive.godspy.com/reviews/Christianity-and-Gnosticism-A-Conflict-About-Method.cfm.html
http://www.ewtn.com/library/THEOLOGY/YOUNGSIN.htm
http://www.traces-cl.com/march03/peacehowto.htm