[lbo-talk] POPE'S STAND ON CUBA EMBARGO ANGERS EXILES

[C. G. Estabrook]

No.  All the much-misunderstood theological notion of infallibility
asserts is the Catholic conviction that the church cannot fundamentally
misrepresent the gospel -- although all would admit that substantial
mistakes are possible...  Catholics don't contend that the political
judgments of the bishop of Rome are in any sense infallible (and they'd be
uncomfortable with his being described as "God's representative on
earth"). --CGE


> I'm no expert on Catholic arcana, but isn't the Pope supposed to be
> infallible?  How can a Catholic just thumb his nose at God's
> representative on earth?  (I guess this isn't unprecedented: most
> Catholics in the U. S. more or less ignore the Pope's edicts about
> birth control--)
>