To understand the seriousness of the situation in the Church as a result of the Vatican II council you need to understand theology. Catholics are bound by the deposit of faith, not by private revelations, private opinions of prelates or doctors of the church. We have never had in the history of the church where a pope with a council passed teachings that contradict past councils. For one the council teaches one can be saved in any religion and that the Catholic church is not the only means of salvation. (1)