So the rest of the time he can spout off on things that he has no business talking about and is allowed to be wrong...
If he is discussing matters such as global poverty and allowed an audience because he is in fact the pope - how is that not acting as the pope?
I still don’t get it. He’s a man - he can’t be infallible ‘sometimes’ and other times he’s just a man. Show me where it says THAT in the Bible...
Scratch that - don’t. Don’t try to show me anything - I’m not a Catholic, and don’t intend to convert. I started with a joke and should have let it lie...
My point is that many many many Catholics throughout the world take the pontiff’s word as gospel regardless whether he invokes his papal infallibility or if he is speaking just as a man. And in this case he is dead wrong.
On this front too, there is a pressing moral need for renewed solidarity, especially in relationships between developing countries and those that are highly industrialized[118]. The technologically advanced societies can and must lower their domestic energy consumption, either through an evolution in manufacturing methods or through greater ecological sensitivity among their citizens. It should be added that at present it is possible to achieve improved energy efficiency while at the same time encouraging research into alternative forms of energy. What is also needed, though, is a worldwide redistribution of energy resources, so that countries lacking those resources can have access to them.
Yuk, this advocating stealing.