THE PREFECTS OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH WHO OVERLOOKED THE CLAIM OF THERE BEING KNOWN EXCEPTIONS TO THE DOGMA

They assumed that implicit desire and being saved in invincible ignorance were known to us in the present times and so contradicted extra ecclesiam nulla salus.There was no apology issued to the communities of Fr.Leonard Feeney.There is still no correction of the error on Wikipedia, many encylopedias and in the secular media.EWTN, Catholic Answers and religious communities repeat this error.

Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani

(April 30, 1939-January 13, 1951)

He issued the Letter of the Holy Office 1949 during the pontificate of Pope Pius XII. If he assumed that implicit desire and being saved in invincible ignorance were exceptions to the literal interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus, he made an objective mistake.

Giuseppe Pizzardo (February 16, 1951-October 12, 1959)

Alfredo Ottaviani (November 7, 1959– December 7, 1965, when he was made Pro-Prefect)

The excommunication of Fr.Leonard Feeney was underway. He never stated that implicit desire and invincible ignorance were irrelevant to the literal interpretation of the dogma by Fr.Leonard Feeney.

Vatican Council II concluded and he still did not say that LG 16 etc were not exceptions to extra ecclesiam nulla salus.

Franjo Šeper (January 8, 1968 - November 25, 1981) (his retirement)

The Society of St.Pius X (SSPX) was created in 1970 and its bishops assumed, like Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, there were known exceptions to extra ecclesiam nulla salus. The SSPX held the same position on this issue as the progressives. There was no correction from the CDF Prefect.

Joseph Ratzinger (November 25, 1981 - April 2, 2005) (Pope John Paul II's death) - elected Pope Benedict XVI

-same as above-

Cardinal Ratzinger overlooked implicit desire being irrelevant to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus. He could have assumed that these cases were exceptions to the dogma.

For Fr.Hans Kung s.j, these cases were exceptions to the dogma.So for Fr.Kung the pope was no more infallible. Vatican Council II (LG 16, invincible ignorance etc) contradicted the defined dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus (Cantate Domino, Council of Florence 1441 etc).

Fr.Hans Kung mentioned  this in his earlier books. There was no clarification from the CDF.Fr.Kung is still allowed to offer Holy Mass.

William Levada (May 13, 2005 – July 2, 2012) (his retirement)

-same as above-

Gerhard Ludwig Müller (July 2, 2012 – present)

Archbishop Muller is relatively new in his office.However all these years, he too, just took it for granted that invincible ignorance is an exception to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.(See interview with the National Catholic Register).  

-Lionel Andrades