“papal infallibility” has never been on greater display of its absurdity - the emperor has no clothes
RE: “papal infallibility” has never been on greater display of its absurdity - the emperor has no clothes
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I am not Catholic, and I don’t believe in Papal Infallibility, but let’s not misunderstand the term and what it intends to mean.
Papal Infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church that says “When, in the exercise of his office as shepherd and teacher of all Christians, in virtue of his supreme apostolic authority, he defines a DOCTRINE CONCERNING FAITH OR MORALS to be held by the whole Church.”, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error.
This is referred to as speaking ex cathedra — Speaking from the Chair of St. Peter.
This particular statement Francis made about Abbas does NOT qualify as speaking ex cathedra, therefore, does NOT preserve him from error.
I don’t think I have in my lifetime seen any Pope officially speaking ex cathedra yet ( but I may be wrong ).