No that means that there are 1.2 billion Catholics who are wrong. And to the extent that they reject Church teaching, they are actually Protestant, though they might call themselves Catholic.
For crying out loud, how often have Protestants maintained that Catholics are not allowed to think for themselves?
There are doctrines, intrinsic to the nature of God, Jesus and the believer that are such the Church holds them to be resolute, absolute truth.
But, in opposition to the specious belief that the Church mandates every action and thought of a Catholic, the truth is that the Church offers her followers, followers of Jesus, a sure norm, a lifeboat in the stormy seas by which they can compare their beliefs and understanding of the Bible and know when they are in union with Christ and when they are not.
It is profoundly sad that without that sure norm, that absolute authority, there are those who read Scripture and believe that the Holy Spirit has guided them to proclaim/believe/accept that Jesus would not be opposed to abortion, euthanasia, eugenics and homosexual “marriage”.
The only thing worse than the evil men do that gets blamed on the devil is the hubris that gets blamed on the Holy Spirit.
Wow. Y'all are sure quick enough to disown Catholics y'all disagree with, until it comes time for a head count.
Whatever happened to *once a Catholic, always a Catholic*?