hey eagle...
“...whatever the pope says goes”
you are utterly, totally and categorically wrong.
The ONLY thing ever infallible about a pope’s teaching is when he speaks “ex cathedra” meaning from the chair (of Peter) and then ONLY on matters of faith and morals (no picking infallible brackets like the pres).
“the actual occurrence of an ex cathedra statement is quite rare. It is generally understood to have only occurred twice: Pope Pius IX’s definition of the dogma of Mary’s Immaculate Conception in 1854 and Pope Pius XII’s definition of the dogma of Mary’s Assumption in 1950. In both of these cases, the Pope was not teaching something new. Rather, he was confirming and clarifying something that the Church had already believed as part of God’s revelation. “
http://catholicexchange.com/the-pope-and-infallibility
AMDG
So are you saying in the example below the Pope was not speaking "ex cathedra", which if this is the case was the Pope in error for this promise??
Care to explain Pope Urban II’s promise for the remission of sins to those who fought in the Crusades? as a priest, he had the authority to forgive sins...he did.