If it is said that a Catholic is someone who follows the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church then none of the popes since Paul VI were/are Catholic, since they interpreted Vatican Council II with a false premise to reject the strict interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus and the traditional interpretation of the Creeds. They interpreted the Creeds and Catechisms with the false premise to produce a false rupture with Tradition

 If it is said that a Catholic is someone who follows the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church then none of the popes since Paul VI were/are Catholic, since they interpreted Vatican Council II with a false premise to reject the strict interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus and the traditional interpretation of the Creeds. They interpreted the Creeds and Catechisms with the false premise to produce a false  rupture with Tradition. -Lionel Andrades