digging up and posting very old or mistaken doctrinal statements from any church (especially those that were anti-Biblical) is of course embarrassing, at least from the perspective of a historian of church history. But, nobody should believe those old teachings are either genuinely Christian or are taught by (in this example) the Roman Catholic Church today.
A Protestant could dig up a number of embarrassing old statements from the 2000 years of Catholic history. A Catholic could dig up a good number of embarrassing old statements from the 500 years of Protetantism. A Jewish believer could dig up a number of embarrassing statements from both of the above. Most of us know that history was not always beautiful. I sincerely believe that too much rehashing of all that stuff does not advance faith today, however. We need to be aware of the past, yes. We do not have to live in the past, nor should we revel in it.
IMHO.
Then what's the point of a pope if the office can't be trusted to teach the truth?
Sorry Charley but yours is the religion that says it doesn't err...Just admitting that your religion erred in the past is a no-no for you guys...