The question for her is that as a socially liberal Catholic, does she believe that salvation is universal and based on good deeds? My mother was an Auschwitz survivor who rejected the claims of Christianity. If Hitler had sincerely accepted Jesus before dying, would he be in heaven and my mother be in hell?

The Bible is contradictory on this topic.

In Ephesians 2: 8-9, it says "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."

Yet, in James 2:17, it says "Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead."

It would be very hard to be a "liberal" anything and yet believe that the ultimate force in the universe will punish otherwise good people just because they chose the wrong religion or chose no religion.

If she thinks that some form of believing that Jesus is divine is no longer necessary for otherwise good people to avoid eternal damnation, as a Catholic, albeit a liberal one, would she hold onto this more universal view even if a new pope replaced Francis and declared ex cathedra that only those who accept Jesus can get into heaven?