Pius IX: "If a future pope teaches anything contrary to the Catholic Faith, do not follow him."
Pius IX: "I am only the pope. What power have I to touch the Canon?" In response to requests that he add the name of St. Joseph to the Canon of the Mass. Pius IX: "If a future pope teaches anything …More
Pius IX: "I am only the pope. What power have I to touch the Canon?" In response to requests that he add the name of St. Joseph to the Canon of the Mass.
Pius IX: "If a future pope teaches anything contrary to the Catholic Faith,
do not follow him." Letter to Bishop Brizen
Pius IX: "The opinion according to which the pope, in virtue of his infallibility, is an unlimited and absolute Sovereign, supposes a totally erroneous conception of the dogma of papal infallibility. Thus, as the [First Vatican Council] declared in clear and explicit terms, and as the nature of things itself shows, this infallibility is confined to that which is proper to the supreme pontifical Magisterium, which in truth coincides with the limits of the infallible Magisterium of the Church generally, which is limited by the doctrine contained in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, as by the definitions already pronounced by the Magisterium of the Church. ("A Collective Declaration of the German Bishops," confirmed by Pope …More
Pius IX: "If a future pope teaches anything contrary to the Catholic Faith,
do not follow him." Letter to Bishop Brizen
Pius IX: "The opinion according to which the pope, in virtue of his infallibility, is an unlimited and absolute Sovereign, supposes a totally erroneous conception of the dogma of papal infallibility. Thus, as the [First Vatican Council] declared in clear and explicit terms, and as the nature of things itself shows, this infallibility is confined to that which is proper to the supreme pontifical Magisterium, which in truth coincides with the limits of the infallible Magisterium of the Church generally, which is limited by the doctrine contained in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, as by the definitions already pronounced by the Magisterium of the Church. ("A Collective Declaration of the German Bishops," confirmed by Pope …More
Pope Francis is the pope. Anything he states outside of the Magisterium of the Church based on Scripture and Tradition is nothing more than opinion, and we are NOT obligated to follow it. We also have an obligation to challenge erroneous statement(s) by any pope since we are the Church Militant and part of the Mystical Body of Christ.