Consequently there is a KIND of agreement that all, Catholic or not, are equally in the "sin" category, without God's doing something.
But I guess I'd say that it is not entirely meaningless to say that so and so is more virtuous, loving, reliable, honest, good-tempered, or fair than somebody else. Whether these instances or virtue are extraordinary gifts of God (sich as Faith is) or are acquired in a more usual way (as some kinds of fairness might be) they do not, in themselves achieve the forensic judgment of righteousness on us. But they're still meaningful.
How's that?
An equivocation.
It's alien righteousness all the way through. No intrinsic righteousness. Every good work is grace and the only meaning is found in God.