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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Calm down people. Pope is christs representative on earth. He can never make a mistake or be wrong when he is in office. To question him is herecy.[/quote] I assume you intend to be funny, but nonetheless you are wrong. Most people do not understand the issue of infallibility and speak out of ignorance. The Pope can make a mistake as a man and Pope's most certainly make mistakes. However, the Church's position is that a Pope is infallible when "ex cathedra" which means literally "in the chair" (i.e., in the seat of Peter) and limited to issues of doctrine concerning faith or morals. The Church does not teach that a Pope is infallible in everything that he says: official invocation of papal infallibility is extremely rare. Pope Benedict's decision to step down is not subject to "infallibility." While many of the comments have been rude, insensitive and obnoxious, they are not heresy.[/quote] Yes, but you are not telling the whole truth. Ex Cathedra pronouncements are fairly rare, but the Pope still holds out many positions to be unerring. Humanae Vitae is a good example, where the church declares its indisputable competence in the discernment of natural law. In Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, JPII: "I declare that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church's faithful." What practical difference is there between a statement which is officially declared Ex Cathedra, and one in which the Church declares that it is definitive and binding on all of its fold? None.[/quote]
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