The Catholic Church teaches in Vatican Council II that Protestants need to convert into the Catholic Church to avoid Hell. This is the rational interpretation of Vatican Council II in which hypothetical and speculative cases referred to in the Decree on Ecumenism ( Unitatis Redintigratio, Vatican Council II ) are not confused as being practical exceptions to EENS

 The Catholic Church teaches in Vatican Council II that Protestants need to convert into the Catholic Church to avoid Hell. This is the rational interpretation of Vatican Council II in which hypothetical and speculative cases referred to in the Decree on Ecumenism ( Unitatis Redintigratio, Vatican Council II ) are not confused as being practical exceptions to EENS. -Lionel Andrades