Sorry if I wasn’t clear enough.
No, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism are not “Christian” religions because they don’t believe in the Christ as the Son of God.
Yes, all other Christian religions (from Rev. Joel Osteen’s “prosperity” Gospel to Rev. Wright’s “socialism” gospel, etc) think and propagate what they believe is their brand of “Christianity” and thus we are presented with multiple pathways to heaven.
Trying to comment on specific excerpts made by one Cardinal of the Church without reference to the whole of his thesis is problematical. Why then evangelize? Why have missionaries? St. Paul should have left the pagans alone? Why have converts from other Christian denominations to the Catholic Church? Why did Cardinal Henry Newman, GK Chesterton, and the long parade of distinguished atheists, including a former Rabbi of Rome, bother to convert to Catholicism? Why have martyrs? Indeed, why did Christ provide the Great Commission to Peter and his Apostles to “Go forth and teach all nations....” and establish His Church (not Churches) where the gates of hell shall not prevail against it?
“Trying to comment on specific excerpts made by one Cardinal of the Church without reference to the whole of his thesis is problematical. Why then evangelize? Why have missionaries? St. Paul should have left the pagans alone? Why have converts from other Christian denominations to the Catholic Church? Why did Cardinal Henry Newman, GK Chesterton, and the long parade of distinguished atheists, including a former Rabbi of Rome, bother to convert to Catholicism? Why have martyrs? Indeed, why did Christ provide the Great Commission to Peter and his Apostles to “Go forth and teach all nations....” and establish His Church (not Churches) where the gates of hell shall not prevail against it?”
That’s a question you’ll have to ask the Cardinal. It is not an opinion I have not encountered with Catholics before. In fact, on other forums, they call me bigoted for denying them.
That's why I provided the link to the whole of his thesis. It's only problematical if you refuse to click on it.