They’re both right. Anyone who is saved, is saved by Christ’s redemptive death. But not everyone who is redeemed is saved. We can turn our backs on Christ.
Those who know that the Catholic Church is Christ’s Church, yet refuse to enter it, will be damned. However, it is possible for those who are ignorant of Christ’s Church to be saved, if their ignorance is not their fault.
Thus it is possible for atheists to be saved —and by Christ’s redemptive death.
Can you back that claim up with Scripture? Are you saying anyone who is not Catholic is an atheist? It sure would be nice to see Scripture for that claim also.
Those who know that the “catholic” church is Mystery Babylon, and refuse Yehova’s command to “come out of her” will definitely be damned.