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I'd say people are reading way too much into what was said. Nothing has changed.
Christ did die for ALL men. It is for ALL men to decide if wish to partake in the Grace that was so freely given.
Doing good works saves no man, it is only an expression of faith. If you do good works as an expression of faith in Christ then well and good. If you do good works because you are a nice person, well, It's hard to believe you will be punished for good works. It is not hard to believe you will be rewarded for following Christ.
Saved? Saved from what seems to be the question. Saved from eternal damnation? Saved from eternal death? Seems to me that in Adam all die, so that in Christ all are made alive. All will be resurrected. That means we will not be consigned to some world of spirits but that we will be like Christ. This is for all men. It is a gift that Christ gave us. As for residing with Christ, that I suppose is another matter.
Christ has made it clear that he has purchased those of us He calls His. He purchased us with His blood.
I don't begin to know how all of it works, I'm still working on it. I don't know but I'm pretty sure that if you try hard to follow Christ then you are His. If you don't follow Him then you are still “saved”, that is you will be resurrected, but you will not belong to Christ as His followers will. Certainly He will have power over you but you won't be with Him.
This Saved thing is the key. What does it mean. It means so many different things to so many people.
I think the Pope is simply making it clear that Christ offered His Grace to ALL people. He redeems us ALL from eternal death. Now, what happens to us after this resurrection will be different for us depending on how we lived our lives, whether or not we choose to follow Christ. Those that did in this life follow Christ will be a joint heir with Christ and inherit everything His Father has, which is of course everything. Being an Heir with Christ sounds like a good thing. Being Dammed, not so good.
I don't think the Pope has said anything new or groundbreaking, people are just not understand what he is saying.
Wrong. The default position of EVERY man born into this world is utter, hopeless lostness. UNLESS he is born again by a miraculous work of God through Jesus Christ, that position is controlling.