And why not Buddhists...Hindus...etc. I'm not sure if Catholics are grasping at straws in support of Rome or if they have truly left the faith. They have become universalists. It was just a matter of time.
...people are judged not because they are ignorant, but because of their sin.
This bears repeating.
So they're damned too? Even if their ignorance of Christ is no fault of their own?
How do you reconcile your doctrine with the nature of God, Who is Justice Itself?