No he never said this. No pope has ever said this. The crux of the teaching is that there is no salvation outside the Church. In other words, everyone who IS saved was joined to the Catholic church in some way whether they understand that they were or not. Any kind of truth they have that the church also holds puts them in communion with the Church, even though it is an imperfect communion.
Is what he said was, that people in the catholic church will experience a fuller salvation.
No pope has ever said this.
He may not teach it, but catholic schools teach it to little children. Don't say they don't either, I went to 12 years of catholic school.
The crux of the teaching is that there is no salvation outside the Church. In other words, everyone who IS saved was joined to the Catholic church in some way whether they understand that they were or not. Any kind of truth they have that the church also holds puts them in communion with the Church, even though it is an imperfect communion.
If this isn't the height of arrogance then I don't understand the meaning of the word.
Becky