Pope: Atheists Are Saved

Pope Francis said,

The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, what about the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone! And this Blood makes us first class children of God! We are created children in the likeness of God and the Blood of Christ has redeemed us all! And we all have a duty to do good. And this commandment for everyone to do good, I think, is a beautiful path towards peace. If we, with everyone doing his own part; if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of meeting: we need that so much. We must meet one another doing good. ‘But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!’ But do good! We shall meet there.

Here's an attempt by Catholics to defend his remarks. Do you agree? I'd love to hear from my Catholic friends on this. 

John Corapi | The Black SheepDog

If you haven't heard, John Corapi, one of the most popular Catholic Priests out there and one of the compelling preachers influencing Catholics and Protestants, has not only been suspended as a Priest because of some accusations, but has now decided to leave the priesthood on his own. I make no judgment as to the truth of the accusations, but Protestants need to keep up with things like this as we have many Catholics around us who love Corapi.

There's lots of info out there, but in his own words it's "The Black SheepDog"...