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To: Sean_Anthony

as a Catholic, if one of the tenets is the pope is infallible, and it is now obvious he is, where does that leave me?


2 posted on 04/27/2015 9:20:18 AM PDT by dp0622 (Franky Five Angels: "Look, let's get 'em all -- let's get 'em all now, while we got the muscle.")
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To: dp0622

He’s only infallible when speaking formally on faith and morals, and only then if it agrees with the constant teaching of the Church.

“Climate change” is not a matter for infallible pronouncement, just his personal opinion and something he thinks will gain him more of what he so eagerly craves, celebrityhood and the approval of the left.

So don’t worry about it.


5 posted on 04/27/2015 9:28:43 AM PDT by livius
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To: dp0622

You’re kidding, right?

He can also get math problems wrong.

Infallibility only applies to matters of Faith and Morals, as rendered Ex-cathedra.

In this case his advisor is scientifically compromised by his affiliations and the Pope is compromised by his exposure to Banana Republic Capitalism.


9 posted on 04/27/2015 9:42:34 AM PDT by G Larry (Obama Hates America, Israel, Capitalism, Freedom, and Christianity.)
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To: dp0622; Sacajaweau; Cicero; livius
Please don't jump to erroneous conclusions. Science, politics, diplomacy, etc. are not "protected" by papal infallibility. Infallibility applies only to papal teaching on faith and morals, when he is formally defining a doctrine to be held "de fide" by the whole church.

Pretty good article on that here (LINK)

The Pope is not, and does not claim to be, an all-purpose oracle on sports brackets, the stock market, or tomorrow's weather. Faith and morals only.

There are areas where a moral principle overlaps with what is called a prudential judgment (a judgment of fact). In this case, the Pope could, for instance, say with authority that it is morally wrong to intentionally destroy air/soil/water/crops ---resources needed for our neighbors' survival, or for future generations.

But he could not make an authoritative judgment about whether anthropogenic, carbon-driven, "global warming" or "climate disruption" is or is not happening, or even the opposite ("global cooling"?) or what its causes or remedies might be.

These are science questions, and as such, they are outside of his area of competence.

10 posted on 04/27/2015 9:45:40 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Point of One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic information)
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