As a non-Roman Catholic, I take his words to mean the catholic (small c) church, not the Roman Catholic Church. If that is what he means, then he is 100% correct. Those who seek to follow Jesus by mixing Christian teaching with Buddhism or a neo-Pagan mélange of Christianity and a bunch of other weird beliefs are not going to find Christ and his salvation.
The Church (the body of Christ) is where those who follow Christ dwell. Those who try to fit Jesus into their own mish-mash of beliefs will fail to find Christ there.
So all non Christians go to hell then.....
“As a non-Roman Catholic, I take his words to mean the catholic (small c) church”
Note that the Pope referred to the “Church” which means the RCC.
He’s welcome to his beliefs, of course, just as I’m welcome to mine.
And I say he’s wrong.
I agree with you. If you have faith in Jesus Christ you belong to the universal Church.
As a Catholic, I believe that those outside the Church miss many graces, gifts, and consolations that God has bestowed on the Catholic Church.