Yes, and that’s why I oppose the Catholic system.
...so, when a Pope comes out with an opinion that you wholeheartedly agree with, I assume I can come on this forum and see a similar post about the Catholic ‘system’...
I agree, sometimes it seems shallow.
I see churches composed of sinners being saved. Being sinners they can and in fact WILL sin. They will fall short of the glory of God. Yanking the chain of the 4-alarm fire bell because of the bent of a particular sin, and hollering “Mystery Babylon!”, is a bit much. Babies are in great danger of getting chucked out because of bathwater issues. And if the history of the world and bible trends are any indication, we Crazy Evangelicals and you Roman Catholics (and the Orthodox too) are going to need one another, badly. Better that we get those bridges of a common Christ, in the face of theological difficulties, in place NOW.
Certainly not. I disagree with the system entirely. There may have been a pope or two that got things right, John Paul I may have been a good pope had he been allowed to live, but the system itself is destined to failure. You can't call a man besides Jesus infallible.