He's one of the nicest, most generous people I know. The obvious problem with such a statement is in equating being born again with certain good qualities of behavior. I wonder if you asked him about his being born again. Other biblical teachings are changed to fit Catholic theology. We must never assume that the Catholic has the same biblical meaning in the terms he freely uses.
Every cult uses biblical and evangelical terms and phrases to try to give itself credibility.
The most successful counterfeit is the cult that looks closest to the real thing. Roman Catholicism has every one of the characteristics, yet is not listed as a cult. BUT there is one stipulation. Even Catholicism's relationship to Protestants is double-talk. For it is through Christ's Catholic Church alone, which is the all-embracing means of salvation, that the fullness of the means of salvation can be obtained.