A young man wrote today telling me of his coming into full communion with the Church having been raised Catholic but fallen away during university. Now he is back with full joy and appreciation for the truth.
He asked about his parents who were previously lukewarm Catholics but now just a theist and the other an atheist. They are good citizens and loving people. He asked his priest if they had salvation. The priest said it sounded like they were just fine, as long as their hearts are in the right place they should be alright.
He asked me if the priest was correct. Here is my answer:
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God’s love is so universal, I think that if a person is really a good person, our Church and the catechism says that they are destined for God’s mercy. That does not mean that we need to not direct misdirected people (like my son) to truth, but I think that it means that God’s mercy extends to those, who in their own way, truly love Him.
https://catholicity.elcore.net/TheSalvationOfNonCatholics.html
STEVE RAY HERE: Bravo! Thanks so much!