Only Catholics are True Christians

In a document released by the Vatican, sects of Christianity that are not Roman Catholic were snubbed as a "wound." First proposed by Joseph Ratzinger in 2000 when he was still a cardinal, the Dominus Iesus was ill accepted. Now directing as Pope, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued the decree which affirms Roman Catholics as true followers with orthodox churches as true but flawed for not recognizing the papacy. The remaining branches of Christianity were rolled into the statement, "Despite the fact that this teaching has created no little distress … it is nevertheless difficult to see how the title of ‘Church’ could possibly be attributed to them."