I rarely interrupt metmom’s discussions as she is quite capable of handling them herself. However, the Catholic Church no longer supports the founding fathers beliefs. The reason the Reformation occurred was simply because some in the Church felt they wanted to go back to the teaching of the early fathers.
Today’s Catholic are nothing more than universalists (see my post somewhere above). They no longer believe in the atonement of Christ, believing everyone can be saved if they just live a good life.
Just to clarity for myself, do you think only Christians are accepted into heaven?
The Catholic Church teachings on salvation outside the Church has not changed in 2,000 years.
http://www.catholic.com/tracts/salvation-outside-the-church