[ninenot]

By rejecting the Pope's authority to promulgate the NO you reject the Pope. You cannot claim that rejection is equivalent to 'criticism.' 'Criticism' is what BlackElk, Salvation, AquinasFan, and many others, such as Desdemona and yours truly do--and we do it without implying that the Pope is malevolent or intellectually deficient.

Prudential decisions are another thing. They are not necessarily vested with authority, as was the decision to implement the NO.

[Zviadist]

By rejecting the Pope's authority to promulgate the NO you reject the Pope.

Nonsense. All Catholics should know the limits of a pope's authority. You obviously do not.