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Re: Catholic in Name Only
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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
Earnest answer to facetious question: he’s only protected from error when he speaks on particular topics, in particular ways. If he doesn’t say the magic words, “This teaching must be held by the whole church,” it’s just an opinion and can be disputed. So Santorum is right that press conference statements are not infallible. Ask GGG for details; for non-Catholics the best understanding is essentially that the Pope has declared further philosophical disputations about an issue to be unproductive. It’s a way of the presiding officer of a giant ongoing meeting to say “Moving on . . .”
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Sounds simple as the difference in precedential value of a Chief Counsel Advice and a Revenue Ruling.
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