Catechism #605: At the end of the parable of the lost sheep Jesus recalled that God’s love excludes no one:
“So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.”
He affirms that he came “to give his life as a ransom for many”; this last term is not restrictive, but contrasts the whole of humanity with the unique person of the redeemer who hands himself over to save us. The Church, following the apostles, teaches that Christ died for all men without exception: “There is not, never has been, and never will be a single human being for whom Christ did not suffer.”
Scripture: “While we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man–though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die. But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:6-8

