I suspect that the intent was to point out that it would be wrong to think of God like some wizard snapping their fingers, rather than examining the natural world and seeing how God did design it and that the natural processes are reflective of God's creative work. I sincerely doubt that Francis rejects the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, and the plethora of Scripture which speak of God as Almighty.
Needless to say I disagree, and would say you are confusing the layman's use of the term "theory" with how it is used in science, as well as conflating evolution with "Social Darwinism". Beyond this such conversation should probably be for another thread and probably in the science boards where actual conversation on the science itself can be discussed.
Would you rather someone be angry at God and keep it bottled up? I'm not saying we are justified in being angry at God, but "God, I'm angry at you" is at the very least a place to begin the healing process.
Roman Catholic teaching is that there will be those who stand before God at the Judgment who never heard the Gospel, or may have been sold the Gospel falsely, and that this will be taken into account. Simply being a non-Christian doesn't mean one is damned, God is merciful and just. Thus Roman Catholic teaching speaks of what is known as "invincible ignorance"--one cannot be held accountable for something completely outside of their power. That's where one abiding by their conscience comes in; since the existence of the conscience is seen as a universal, or even what we might term prevenient grace; though that particular language is more associated with Arminian theology rather than Roman Catholic--that is a common grace by which human beings, by conscience, can recognize right and wrong, good and evil, etc. For Roman Catholics there can be no salvation apart from Christ, but it may be that there are those who, through no fault of their own, were unable to trust in Him; but they did seek to abide by conscience, and this will all be taken into account on the Day of Judgment.
Here's the article I see in the beginning of the video:
Vatican Reaffirms That Jews Can Go to Heaven
I feel like this is probably a better place to start than a video where the person speaking seems hostile and perhaps not quite so impartial.
The article addresses comments made by James Martin, which points such comments to the earlier work of Nostra Aetate.
Specifically, the Roman Catholic Church's position seems to be summed up in this statement (the new document which is of concern here): "
That the Jews are participants in God’s salvation is theologically unquestionable, but how that can be possible without confessing Christ explicitly, is and remains an unfathomable divine mystery."
This seems to echo a statement we find in St. Paul's letter to the Romans that all Israel would be saved (actually looking at the article it mentions that as well).
This still falls under the general heading that the Church (and by this I do not just mean the Roman Catholic Church, I mean the universal Christian Church) is not dogmatic about who does or doesn't "go to heaven"; it never has been. These questions have always existed throughout the history of Christianity.
I can't say I would agree with everything being stated, but I'm not seeing anything that is particularly shocking or out of line with traditional, mainstream Christian thought.
I'm not seeing the Pope saying God isn't Almighty, just that we should think more highly of God than as some kind of magician.
I'm not seeing the Pope saying that Jesus was a sinner, but that Jesus' actions made His parents worry.
-CryptoLutheran
