Can a pope make mistakes? What attitude should a Catholic adopt in order to find the truth during the …
Examples from the pontificates of some Renaissance popes.
Saint of the Day, February 12, 1971
By Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
I have received this question: What should a catholic do to find the truth during the reign of a bad Pope, for example, the Popes of the Renaissance?
I believe it is not too difficult to answer this question in terms of Catholic doctrine and particularly if we have recourse to the studies that Dr. Arnaldo Xavier da Silveira published last year. To summarize a lot, we should note that the source of truth is in Revelation, Tradition, and in the documents of Church Magisterium. These sources of information give us the authentic interpretation of what is found in Revelation and in Tradition.
As you know, the Popes are infallible when they make a pronouncement ex cathedra, in which case their teaching cannot be challenged. It is infallible, and that is the end of it. You also know that the same happens with the Councils. The Second Vatican Council expressly declared …More
The 'Catch 22' for any recent and current 'pope' is that neither of them appear to believe in papal infallibity which is truly a saving grace for the true Church and its Faithful no matter what secular and ecumenical fetish either appeared/appears to want to foist upon the Church. Prevost, your job is to lead your flock, not feed the wolves.