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>>698926

Be careful what you say, the Vatican has spies everywhere. You're welcome

First read this, and then come back with questions.

https://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/papae1.htm

>>698926

Papal infallibility is when a pope who's not auto-excommunicated declares something under very specific circumstances, already affirmed by Holy Tradition and/or Scripture, to be an infallible dogma/doctrine.

Basically it has no real use and is a redundant term and in my honest opinion could be thrown out.

For example, no pope could ever declare gay marriage to be allowed through papal infallibility because it's a heresy.

Neither can a pope declare something infallibly when he's auto-excommunicated e.g. when he approves a heresy or sin.

The current pope could at this very moment go sit on the literal chair of St. Peter, invoke his papal infallibility and say that gay remarried cohabiting she-males could take communion and it wouldn't matter because 1) this is all confirmed heresy and sin and 2) this very statement would excommunicate himself.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07790a.htm

God is in control of the papacy, those who hold the office are there for a reason. The pope has free will, they're human beings, they can be corrupt of they can be saints, in the end it all works into God's greater plan for his church. Individual Christians shouldn't be concerned over politics, the papacy is always going through catastrophe, the apocalypse is always around the corner, the mass is eternal.