The "Clarifications" Begin
Photo ~ Infallible Lipstick. It never fails. VATICAN CITY, October 3, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The question and answer session of a Vatican press conference yesterday was taken up largely by the …More
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VATICAN CITY, October 3, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The question and answer session of a Vatican press conference yesterday was taken up largely by the Pope’s recent interview with La Repubblica. Vatican spokesman Fr. Frederico Lombardi explained that the both the recent interview and last week’s interview published in Jesuit magazines, represent “conversational” or “colloquial” forms of communication. “It is not,” he explained, “a magisterial document.”
To help clarify what this means in practice, LifeSiteNews.com went to a Roman theologian specializing in ecclesiology, and asked him to provide an analysis of the Church’s teaching on papal infallibility and how it plays out regarding these interviews with Pope Francis.
The theologian, who wished to remain nameless, told LifeSiteNews, “Anytime the Pope definitively decides a question of faith and morals, for the whole Church, he acts infallibly.”
Speaking to the current situation, the theologian …More
VATICAN CITY, October 3, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The question and answer session of a Vatican press conference yesterday was taken up largely by the Pope’s recent interview with La Repubblica. Vatican spokesman Fr. Frederico Lombardi explained that the both the recent interview and last week’s interview published in Jesuit magazines, represent “conversational” or “colloquial” forms of communication. “It is not,” he explained, “a magisterial document.”
To help clarify what this means in practice, LifeSiteNews.com went to a Roman theologian specializing in ecclesiology, and asked him to provide an analysis of the Church’s teaching on papal infallibility and how it plays out regarding these interviews with Pope Francis.
The theologian, who wished to remain nameless, told LifeSiteNews, “Anytime the Pope definitively decides a question of faith and morals, for the whole Church, he acts infallibly.”
Speaking to the current situation, the theologian …More
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It maybe true that this was not a moto proprio or anything official, but his words make everyone percieve something is going on that is different or there wouldn't be any fuss.
When a Pope speaks everyone listens and if Pope Francis wants to speak, he's gotta be very very careful about what he says.. Pray for the Pope.
When a Pope speaks everyone listens and if Pope Francis wants to speak, he's gotta be very very careful about what he says.. Pray for the Pope.
