[Freeping Since 2001]

Well, he is, after all, infallible...

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Actually popes are not infallible in all they say and do. Only when speaking “ex catherda” are they infallible.

Pius XII was the last Pope to speak ex cathedra in 1950 when he defined assumption of Mary.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“Pius XII was the last Pope to speak ex cathedra in 1950 when he defined assumption of Mary.”

WHOA! No wonder they are loathe to do it again, after that boo boo!

[Elsie]

Pius XII was the last Pope to speak ex cathedra in 1950 when he defined assumption of Mary.

THAT sure caused a pushback!