The Church Prays for the Salvation of All

The church doesn't pronounce definitively that people are in hell. Therefore, i've staked out the position that we may hope that all people be saved. Do i know all people are saved? Of course not. In fact, that's the heresy of apochatostisis. Nor do i expect all people to be saved. So hope is not the same as expectation. One hopes only for difficult things. Look around at the world. Is it likely that all people are safe? Obviously not. Watch again the vehemence of the reaction when you even suggest we may hope for the salvation of all. Man o man, the people that react against the claim that we may even