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I found this statement from Bob Sungenis that seems to support the Feenyite postition regarding "no salvation outside the Church."

R. Sungenis: Now, why might Catholic Answers take such a liberal position on the question of evangelism? Because that is what inevitably happens when one begins to water down the doctrine of “no salvation outside the church.” Inevitably, “invincible ignorance” is made into the rule rather than the exception. Despite the fact that “no salvation outside the Church” was elevated to Catholic dogma by at least three popes and confirmed by about a dozen others, in addition to being upheld by a consensus of Fathers, saints and doctors of the Church, Catholic Answers, and similar apostolates today, have found themselves in the unending quest to find the least common denominator in the downward spiral of modern ecumenical Catholicism. Rather than preaching the time-honored truth of salvation only within the Catholic Church, they go out of their way to invent excuses for those who are the slightest bit offended by Catholicism, teaching that they can also find salvation in their own religions. Sadly, the “invincible ignorance” addendum of Pius IX has been turned into the wax nose of modern Catholics like Keating who, along with a number of liberal clerics, have gone way beyond Pius IX’s intentions, and they do so to their own peril.