Liberal and conservative Catholics alike would prefer not to discuss how the Catholic Church, here and abroad, functions like a liberal/left-wing political lobby.
Which was clearly soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo effective with Scuba Teddy, Puhlousey et al
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Any clear minded RC must see that the proof is in the pudding and this pudding that you brought up is really, really rotten. WHERE IS THE AUTHORITY OF THE POPE??????? THE PROVERBIAL BUCK STOPS WITH HIM!!!!!!! IF THE POPE DOESN'T DISCIPLINE THESE PEOPLE HE IS NEGLIGENT!!!!!! HE IS NOT THE INFALLIBLE VICAR OF CHRIST ON EARTH!!!!!
If a equals b and b equals c than a equals c! You cannot believe the Pope is infallible if he does not execute his office as he is suppose to. He is the disciplinary head of all the RCC and is responsible to God according to it's own doctrines for what goes on in it. Granted he may not be aware of every little thing that goes on in it but he must be aware of the large things such as the fact that leaders in The USA who are Catholic are advocating and voting for every evil thing. If he does not make a public example of disciplining them then he is negligent. There can be no denying this unless one puts blinders on the eyes of one's soul.
How much error will RCs accept before they can finally see that all is not right with The Pope and that he most certainly isn't infallible? When will RCs stop bending so far over backwards to deny what is undeniable and stop making up myriads of excuses for the inexcusable that is allowed in the RCC?
I really do wonder what many RCs think the responsibility of their Pope is suppose to be. If the Pope, is derelict of his responsibility to make sure that proper discipline is carried out in the RCC, how then can the average RC be expected to distinguish between what is right and wrong?
The First Vatican Council clearly states:
If anyone thus speaks, that the Roman Pontiff has only the office of inspection or direction, but not the full and supreme power of jurisdiction over the universal Church, not only in things which pertain to faith and morals, but also in those which pertain to the discipline and government of the Church spread over the whole world; or, that he possesses only the more important parts, but not the whole plenitude of this supreme power; or that this power of his is not ordinary and immediate, or over the churches altogether and individually, and over the pastors and the faithful altogether and individually: let him be anathema.