The cathos believe what the Pope says is infallible. Then why did he have to apoligise?

Question

By this he admitted to making a mistake, didn't he?

Answer 1

He made a mistake... he's fallible...... thats it. The "cathos" can spin it all they want.

Answer 2

People believe a load of c**p sometimes. How does a normal, everyday sort of guy become infallible because some other normal guys elevated him to a position called Pope. He had to apologise because the Muslims insisted on it. Now, if he truly was a great man, he would tell the Muslims where to get off. This just proves how normal he is.

Catholics take note: The Pope, any Pope, is just a normal fellow. But go ahead, believe what you wish.

Answer 3

Catholics do not believe that everything the Pope says is infallible. We believe that a doctrinal truth formally declared by the Pope as binding on the universal Church is true, because Jesus told the first Pope that whatsoever he bound on earth would be bound in heaven.

But in ordinary everyday matters of judgment the Pope can make mistakes just like anyone else. He is human after all!

Answer 4

+ Infallibility +

The Catholic Church teaches that the Pope is infallible at closely defined times.

The Pope is only infallible when he, in union with the body of bishops, solemnly teaches that a doctrine as true.

This comes from the words of Jesus to Peter (the first Pope) and the Apostles (the first bishops), "Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven" (Matthew 18:18) and "He who hears you hears me" (Luke 10:16).

At all other times the Pope can be just as sinful as you and me and be in need of forgiveness.

+ The Pope's Speech +

Here is a link to the English translation of the Pope's controversial speech: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2006/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060912_university-regensburg_en.html

In my opinion, although what the Pope said was true, he said it in the wrong way to the wrong people.

If you are going to give a constructive criticism to your neighbor (Islam) then you should do it to his face not behind his back.

The Pope's speech used Islam as a bad example of "faith and reason" to a group of Catholics when he probably could have found a better bad example in Catholicism.

Therefore it is appropriate for the Pope to apologize.

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 5

Well...if I have been instructed correctly (but that was quite some time ago!) the Pope is only infallible when he pronounces something to be a dogma of the church. That's easy enough when you are the boss.
If I read the papers correctly he didn't apologize, but said he regretted the commotion. He has only cited a medieval story.
Which I think was a stupid thing to do at this moment. So why not apologize?

Answer 6

Old man says something has no meaning in the family and also in the society too. The pope was more worried about the process of Islamisation which is going on on on a faster speed . The sayings of pope was just a Jews stimulation, nothing else.

Answer 7

Im not a supporter of either Islam or Chatolicism but obviously when the Muslims threatend to kill all the Iaqi Christians if the Pope did not appologize, then surely there was nothing else he could do.

Answer 8

There's a loophole. It's a term called "ex cathedra" (from the chair). What the Pope says ex cathedra is infallible; if a statement is not made ex cathedra, it's not from the Pope as the mouthpiece of God, but from the Pope as a man. As one can imagine, the use of ex cathedra is fairly rare.

Answer 9

Tact. People who aren't Catholic don't believe he's infallible.

Answer 10

no he did not. He said he was sorry those people reacted as they did. Those stupidos that is when they might have rioted with reason