A group of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their allies held a private meeting with the Pope over the weekend in which they urged him to reverse the church's stance on transgender health care.
Technically, the pope needs to explicitly invoke infallibility before making a statement if he wants it to be infallible. The last time this was done was 1950 to state Mary, mother of Jesus, had both her body and soul transported to heaven. Other statements are just the pope’s opinion and followers of the faith are allowed to disagree without being heretical.
Also, I think there is a bit of a mistranslation: the Catholic Church most likely does not consider material poverty a sin, they meant “being poor in spirit”, or lacking any good values.
Technically, the pope needs to explicitly invoke infallibility before making a statement if he wants it to be infallible. The last time this was done was 1950 to state Mary, mother of Jesus, had both her body and soul transported to heaven. Other statements are just the pope’s opinion and followers of the faith are allowed to disagree without being heretical.
Thanks for this info, this is very interesting! I’m not religious but I find this kind of thing fascinating.
Pfft, amateurs. Discordian popes can apply infallibility retroactively.
Also, I think there is a bit of a mistranslation: the Catholic Church most likely does not consider material poverty a sin, they meant “being poor in spirit”, or lacking any good values.