1. “Above all, the state of grace is absolutely necessary at the moment of death; without it, salvation and supernatural happiness the beatific vision of God — are impossible.” [Pope Pius XII, Address to Midwives, n. 21.a]

2. “it is not enough to be a member of the Church of Christ, one needs to be a living member, in spirit and in truth, i.e., living in the state of grace and in the presence of God, either in innocence or in sincere repentance.” [Pope Pius XI, Mit Brennender Sorge, n. 19.]

3. “In the New Testament, the universal salvific will of God is closely connected to the sole mediation of Christ: ‘[God] desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ, who gave himself as a ransom for all’ (1 Tim 2:4-6).” [Cardinal Ratzinger, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dominus Jesus, n. 13.]

4. “God predestines no one to go to Hell; for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end. In the Eucharistic liturgy and in the daily prayers of her faithful, the Church implores the mercy of God, who does not want ‘any to perish, but all to come to repentance’ ” [Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1037.]

5. “To gain eternal salvation, it is not always required that a person be incorporated in reality as a member of the Church, but it is necessary that one belong to it at least in desire and longing. It is not always necessary that this desire be explicit as it is with catechumens. When one is invincibly ignorant, God also accepts an implicit desire, so called because it is contained in the good disposition of soul by which a person wants his or her will to be conformed to God’s will.” [Letter of the Holy Office to the Archbishop of Boston, DS 3870; ND 855 (1949).]

6. “salvation is accessible in mysterious ways, inasmuch as divine grace is granted to them by virtue of Christ’s redeeming sacrifice, without external membership in the Church, but nonetheless always in relation to her. It is a mysterious relationship. It is mysterious for those who receive the grace, because they do not know the Church and sometimes even outwardly reject her. It is also mysterious in itself, because it is linked to the saving mystery of grace, which includes an essential reference to the Church the Savior founded. In order to take effect, saving grace requires acceptance, cooperation, a ‘yes’ to the divine gift. This acceptance is, at least implicitly, oriented to Christ and the Church.” [Pope John Paul II, All Salvation Comes through Christ, General Audience, 31 May 1995.]

7. “Where the Holy Spirit is, there is Christ.” [Saint Ambrose, On the Holy Spirit, Book III, Chapter 9.]

8. “The universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.” [Pope John Paul II, Redemptoris Missio, n. 10.]

9. “God forbid that all children, of whom daily so great a multitude die, would perish, but that also for these, the merciful God, who wishes no one to perish, has procured some remedy unto salvation….” [Pope Innocent III, Denzinger, n. 410.]

10. “Because God knows, searches and clearly understands the minds, hearts, thoughts, and nature of all, his supreme kindness and clemency do not permit anyone at all who is not guilty of deliberate sin to suffer eternal punishments.” [Pope Pius IX, Quanto Conficiamur Moerore, n. 7.]