Pope Francis is making the doctrine of Papal infallibility tough to swallow.
My personal observation is that while infallibility may be the tenet, senility and/or dementia is not. What this tells me is that the Cardinals that chose him are most certainly ‘fallible.’
That doctrine does NOT say the pope is infallible in everything he says and does.
Actually, this has nothing to do with infallibility, a little-used charism which has never been invoked by any pope in my lifetime.
“Pope Francis is making the doctrine of Papal infallibility tough to swallow.”
This detestable Pope is exactly why I am relieved that Catholicism believes in Papal Infallibility, which means that no matter how evil or stupid a particular Pope may be, God will prevent him from altering the key dogmas of the Church. Most of the time, the Pope — this Pope, any Pope — is not speaking infallibly, so anything he says me legitimately be challenged.