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May we try to persuade and convince them with arguments? Yes! And how do we begin this persuasion? "Hi Protestant; your mother was not an honest woman! Convert yourself, otherwise hell will gulp you down,"

Actually my mom wore Army boots:>)

Good post but to be honest, most of it was over my head. The Holy Father has distilled it for dummies like me.

"Our confession of' Christ as the only Son, through whom we ourselves see the Father's face (cf. Jn 14:8), is not arrogance that disdains other religions, but joyful gratitude that Christ has revealed himself to us without any merit on our part. At the same time, he has obliged us to continue giving what we have received and to communicate to others what we have been given, since the Truth that is has been given and the Love which is God belong to all people.

With the Apostle Peter, we confess that "there is salvation in no one else" (Acts 4:12). The Declaration Dominus Iesus, following the lead of the Second Vatican Council, shows us that this confession does not deny salvation to non-Christians, but points to its ultimate source in Christ, in whom man and God are united. God gives light to all in a way which is accommodated to their spiritual and material situation, granting them salvific grace in ways known to himself.

Great post. I remember reading this first at TCRnews.com That is a site that everyone ought to book mark and visit daily. That site is Faithful to the Magisterium, Pope, the Vatican Two Ecumenical Council etc and it includes a lot of information about Social Doctrine which is too little known and understood or outright rejected by too many Catholics in the West

Thank you. I used this file debating a schismatic on a thread quite some time ago. It is a very good response and deserves its own thread. Thank you for posting it as well at the TCRNews.com response.

And welcome to the Catholic Caucus here at Free Republic!