By Robert Morrison, The Remnant - Prior to Vatican II, the popes consistently emphasized the unique role of the Catholic Church in propagating the truths and graces that Jesus wants all souls to accept. It has been so many decades since we have heard a pope proclaim these essential realities about the Church that it is worthwhile recalling a few examples among many: “Urged by faith, we are obliged to believe and to maintain that the Church is one, holy, catholic, and also apostolic. We believe in her firmly and we confess with simplicity that outside of her there is neither salvation nor the remission of sins ....