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In reply to the discussion: A Koch hack tells the Pope to 'back off' on climate change [View all]whathehell
(29,034 posts)21. Catholics worldwide..
don't believe that, but it is a common misunderstanding among non-Catholics.
The Pope, in canonical terms, is not "infallible" at all times, nor does he have
a 24/7 direct line to God.
The pope is only considered to be "infallible" when he speaks "ex-Cathedra" which
is a specific, formal situation.
P.S. I'm a lapsed Catholic, but after 12 years of Catholic school, I do know my stuff.
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50 million American evangelical Christians are about to be struck smart...it was always God's plan.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#11
The truth is that these type evangelicals never liked Catholics anyway.
Bonhomme Richard
Dec 2014
#18
So we should keep burning more oil to support Islamic Theocracy in the Middle East?
ThoughtCriminal
Dec 2014
#19
"Our position reflects the views of millions of evangelical Christians in the US.”
blackspade
Dec 2014
#24