Go back and read this thread.
Catholics also believe that the Pope, whomever he happens to be, is 'infallible' on the 'word of God' in spite of the fact that Popes have changed what they say is the 'word of God' dozens of times throughout history.
So the very idea that the Catholic church somehow is protecting the immutable word of the Supreme Being of the Universe is poppycock on its face.
Popes married, sometimes having multiple wives in their lifetimes. For hundreds of years the Catholic Church condoned prostitution.
So to take the word of some Italian bishop as the "word of God" is utterly and completely ridiculous. Now it may be that as far as Church rules he's right.
But to say he's carrying out the will of the Almighty is patently absurd.
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Catholics do not believe that the Popes themselves have any intrinsic infallibility.
They believe that the Papal office invests its holders with a conditional gift of infallibility in very specific and constrained circumstances.
No Pope has ever altered any doctrine the Church teaches. This is an impossibility - the Pope has no authority to change any teaching.
So the very idea that the Catholic church somehow is protecting the immutable word of the Supreme Being of the Universe is poppycock on its face.
And yet the Church endures, consistently teaching the same Gospel truths for two thousand years unbroken and unbowed.
Popes married, sometimes having multiple wives in their lifetimes.
No Pope has ever married. Some married men have been made Pope, but no Pope has ever entered into matrimony after being consecrated.
For hundreds of years the Catholic Church condoned prostitution.
Completely and utterly false.
But to say he's carrying out the will of the Almighty is patently absurd.
Only if you believe that Jesus Christ was absurd.
Sorry you are misinformed. Infallibility only applies to the teaching of moral doctrines. It does not include his opinions or his transgressions.