[bdeaner]

What don't you understand? I'm not sure where you are confused.

The Church continues to recognize itself as the Church instituted by Christ, and that special, sanctifying grace is available through participation in the Church and its sacraments. But, if someone is ignorant, and does not know the Catholic Church is the One True Church, and sincerely believes He or She is following Christ, the Church leaves open the possibility that such a person, due to the Lord's mercy, could be saved.

[goat granny]

To those like you that have a deep and abiding faith, I admire. Your testimony was powerful...such testimony's also happen in the non Catholic Church..

I have believed that for you, God wants you in the Catholic Church and you are faithful to his desire...

I do believe that for others, God wants them in a different christian church..They too are faithful to His desire. To a true believer, he/she has brothers and sisters in Christ in all christian church's. Its just that the Catholic Church(not necessarily the parishioners) sets itself above other denominations..I find that being prideful on the part of the catholic church..Other denominations are a little more humble about themselves..

This was not intended to insult any denominations so please don't take it that way...My husband was a devoted Catholic until the day he died. His example (tho he was not one to talk religion) brought his very best friend to the Catholic church, years after my husband passed away.. His wife became a death bed conversion to Christ, but not in the catholc church, her brother-in-law was a lay preacher in another denomination, and in her final weeks, he didn't leave her side and read the bible and taught her about Christ...One day he ask her if she was ready to die, and her words to him was and I quote **I want what Jesus wants**she died 2 days later...

I know this as she was my traveling companion after our husbands died and I was alsoclose to a couple of her kids...Also knew her brother in law quite well..