We are all fallible, including the Pope, all priests, and anyone human. When my father died several years ago I arranged for a Catholic mass (he was an alter boy, went to Catholic schools, and despite having a violently abusive ‘Catholic’ father, had retained a very gentle part of his soul). In the middle of the mass, when my sister and I brought the host and wine to the priest, he leaned over to me and asked “aren't you forgetting something?”. He was referring to the monetary contribution I told him I would give the Parish for helping send off my father. He did this in the middle of the mass, and for the entirety of the rest of the mass for my father I sat there berating myself for not knowing I should have given him a check along with the host. That incident is what I remember from my father's funeral, more than anything.
It was ridiculous, and un-Christian, and exemplifies how fallible and ‘human’ we all are. I gave him a check after the mass, and it was for much more than he expected or probably imagined. He was grateful, and I have no ill will or hard feelings.
My point is that IMHO we just aren't sophisticated enough to comprehend or know ‘the Truth’ about all things, no matter who we are or what our designation is. God is beyond us, but with us and in us.
Heat the oil for this HERETIC!
The wise and mighty MAGISTERIUM knows!!!!
(By majority vote)