Its certainly more than just Evangelicals and even within Catholicism there isn’t broad agreement (even though it is more open to the idea of implicit faith).
In Catholic teaching, the Catechism (1260‑1261) leaves room for “invincible ignorance,” meaning that people who never hear the Gospel through no fault of their own may still be saved. Past papal statements (e.g., John Paul II’s Redemptor Hominis, Benedict XVI’s Dominus Iesus) reinforce this inclusive possibility, even while affirming that baptism and conscious assent remain the ordinary means of salvation. Surveys of Western Catholics show some acceptance of this view: a 2015 Pew Research Center poll of U.S. adults found that roughly 38 % of self‑identified Catholics agreed that “people of other religions can go to heaven.” Similar European Catholic surveys report figures ranging from 30 % to 45 %, indicating a sizable minority that embraces an inclusive outlook.
Among Protestants, the dominant doctrine of sola fide (faith alone) stresses that personal trust in Christ is the exclusive gateway to eternal life. While some Reformed or liberal evangelical circles entertain concepts like “anonymous Christians” or God’s mysterious mercy, these ideas are not mainstream. Pew’s 2014 study of U.S. Protestants showed that only about 15 % endorsed the statement that “people of other religions can go to heaven,” with higher agreement among mainline denominations (≈20 %) and lower among evangelical/conservative groups (≈10 %).
Generally speaking its a minority of Christians that believe non Christians can go to heaven, especially among Protestants.
Not using poll data from over a decade ago may help with that: https://www.pewresearch.org/. PEW’s 2021 study found that 34% of Protestants believed only those who believed would go to Heaven though that’s largely due to 21% of Evangelicals and 31% of historically black churches: 56% of Mainline Protestants believe people who don’t believe can go Heaven.
And what individual Catholics believe doesn’t matter because Catholics aren’t Protestants; the Magisterium of the Church teaches – multiple times, stretching back to at least the beginning of the last century – that those who don’t believe are capable of going to Heaven. Anyone can believe otherwise but that’s, definitionally, not a Catholic belief (though, for the sake of completeness, it’s 68% of individual Catholics who believe non-believers can go to Heaven, as of 2021).
Again, there’s no way you can say this is true universally and, for neither Catholics nor Mainline Protestants, it’s not a minority who believe it.
EDIT: this would be the second time, in the last 2 days, someone provided updated information that I didn’t see because I was in the middle of writing a reply; looks like you found the same source as I had
Its certainly more than just Evangelicals and even within Catholicism there isn’t broad agreement (even though it is more open to the idea of implicit faith).
Generally speaking its a minority of Christians that believe non Christians can go to heaven, especially among Protestants.
Not using poll data from over a decade ago may help with that: https://www.pewresearch.org/. PEW’s 2021 study found that 34% of Protestants believed only those who believed would go to Heaven though that’s largely due to 21% of Evangelicals and 31% of historically black churches: 56% of Mainline Protestants believe people who don’t believe can go Heaven.
And what individual Catholics believe doesn’t matter because Catholics aren’t Protestants; the Magisterium of the Church teaches – multiple times, stretching back to at least the beginning of the last century – that those who don’t believe are capable of going to Heaven. Anyone can believe otherwise but that’s, definitionally, not a Catholic belief (though, for the sake of completeness, it’s 68% of individual Catholics who believe non-believers can go to Heaven, as of 2021).
Again, there’s no way you can say this is true universally and, for neither Catholics nor Mainline Protestants, it’s not a minority who believe it.
EDIT: this would be the second time, in the last 2 days, someone provided updated information that I didn’t see because I was in the middle of writing a reply; looks like you found the same source as I had