I prayed for years for the Catholic church and the abuses I have seen, from praying to saints instead of to God, worship of statues, etc.
In hindsight I was telling God what to do, because one day, about three years ago, I was praying and in the middle of the prayer I just stopped and asked God, "What prayer will you hear for the Catholic church"?
I never got an answer to prayer that fast in all of my life ... the Lord said, "Pray for the Catholic church to stop thinking that they are the only church going to heaven".
That's when I realized that I had been telling God what to do with His church. I have been praying the prayer He gave me ever since. This public admission of the Catholic church by the head of the Catholic church will now have millions of people praying the same prayer that Jesus gave me to pray.
I have met many people in the Catholic faith who don't think they are the only people going to heaven.
Saved/born again and on your way to heaven is because you believe Jesus paid for all of your sins on the cross at Calvary ... It's as simple as that.
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