re: Pope Francis endorses evolution and big bang

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And besides, Francis said last year, and I quote, "Outside the Church there can be no salvation."

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And atheists who are definitely outside the church and don't believe in Jesus' saving grace should be outside of salvation by the above statement. Yet Pope Francis said they could still be redeemed anyway. This is complete and utter contradiction.
And if he simply meant they could still be redeemed if they joined the church and embraced their doctrine he should have said so. He implied they could be redeemed apart from that and anyone who isn't steeped in Catholic magic would read in the same thing.