I will withold final judgment till I read the actual text.
However, I must say this disturbs me more than anything he has ever said. His understanding of the apostles actions in the early Church is nothing short of insane. His view that we shouldn't worry about converting Jews is insane. I have no defense of this madness. But no doubt Jimmy Akin is explaining why there is nothing to worry about.
Well intended Neo Caths will simply carry on as if this didn't happen. The more educated will say this is the Pope's "private opinion". So we are supposed to follow a Pope who has a non-Catholic understanding of salvation?
I suppose I will become a further outcast and reprobate amongst my Neo Cath family and friends by becoming a more hardened Trad. What a cross. But to suffer for the Truth is what we are here for.