Narkissos and Heathen, Thank you for your replies. Catholic dogma hasn't changed. This is what I implied in my post. The Pope's 1999 statement (supplied in this thread by 5go, Thank you) went unnoticed, except by a few. It didn't cause a ripple. I concentrate on Catholic and Protestant writings because I cannot study 100s of religions. I won't live that long
But when I do try to make a point I believe using a statement made by a representative of the largest world religion (about 1 billion), and Protestant thrown in for good measure, makes sense. As for Revelations and Hell, of the dozens of books I have which dissect it word by word, no two agree. If you can figure it out you're a better man than all the scholars. The late Pope figured it out, though.
If my reply seems incomplete and doesn't address all your comments it is because copying and pasting isn't working for me and I have mo way of referring back to your posts. With other sites this process is much easier. And I have lost the "Submit Post" option at the bottom of the page for some reason, and have to do it a different way, Sorry about that. Wayne