I have to say this Pope has become more like the world than the last 20 popes, how sad. I am not a catholic, was once, but then found out it wasn’t works but grace that saves, I never looked back. So many are trapped in that system too. That’s not to say there aren’t a ton of saved people that are catholics, but by and large, whenever I ask a catholic if they are going to heaven, the say “Yes, because I’m a good person”, it’s exactly what my parent said, and my wife’s parents said, and most of our extended family who are catholics.
You were taught wrong. The Church NEVER taught that works save.