2. The Catholic Church had never preached the salvation of Jews outside the Catholic Church until VC II. As a matter of fact, prior to 1955, the entire Catholic Church prayed on Good Fridays:
“Let us pray also for the faithless Jews: that Almighty God may remove the veil from their hearts 2 Corinthians 3:13-16; so that they too may acknowledge Jesus Christ our Lord. (’Amen’ is not responded, nor is said ‘Let us pray’, or ‘Let us kneel’, or ‘Arise’, but immediately is said:) Almighty and eternal God, who dost not exclude from thy mercy even Jewish faithlessness: hear our prayers, which we offer for the blindness of that people; that acknowledging the light of thy Truth, which is Christ, they may be delivered from their darkness. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen”
3. You are quoting JPII’s catechism (which is post VC II). JPII is the pope who prayed, “May St. John the Baptist protect Islam...”
4. Francis appears to be giving up on those “who don’t appear to be following the path”. He encourages Jews, Muslims, Protestants and atheists to pursue their false beliefs.
It would appear you no longer wish to be an adherent to the Roman Catholic Church. I may be wrong, and don’t wish to make an accusation.
Please remember, all of the VCII fathers were ordained as priests, and later as bishops, by older, Pre-Vatican II clergy, including Pope St. John Paul II.
If the Church no longer teaches validly, then who is responsible, and when? Second, to that question, when did the promise of Jesus to not let the gates of Hell prevail become invalid?
My sense is that we are of different ages and generations. Thus, we have different experiences, and our opinions are influenced accordingly.
My hope is that every person on Earth should come to believe in Jesus Christ, and all He taught, as well live the sacramental life taught by His church.
While His Church is perfect, those of us who populate it, are not.
May Christ’s peace always be with you, and may you never lose your zeal for Christ.