[ebb tide]

Too bad Francis doesn’t agree with us.

[Mrs. Don-o]

But why would you want to assert that the Pope even has the authority or power to change doctrine? That's papolatry: it's the line taken by Marx, Forte and Casper: that the pope *can* change the doctrine.

But he can't. All he can do, if he's against a doctrine, is to neglect it, obfuscate it, undermine it, or violate it. But he can't change it. Because he hasn't the authority.