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[marshmallow]

A foolish cartoon.

The last time papal infallibility was invoked was in 1950 when the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was defined as dogma.

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How Is a New Pope Chosen?

http://www.usccb.org/about/leadership/holy-see/francis/how-is-a-new-pope-chosen.cfm

"Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven."

http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-17.htm

"But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."

http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-9.htm

[Campion]

Cute cartoon, but Vatican I made it crystal clear exactly when the Pope is infallible. Four conditions need to be met:

• He must be speaking in his supreme authority as Pope, not as a private doctor, or the bishop of Rome, etc.
• He must be addressing the whole church
• He must be teaching definitively (not speculatively or hypothetically)
• ... some doctrine concerning faith and morals

Speaking generally about moral duties to conserve and maintain creation is a doctrine concerning faith and morals. Endorsing some specific scientific theory, like anthropogenic global warming, is not. It's science, and the Pope's charism of infallibility does not extend to science.