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The Pope is not a true catholic (lemmy.wtf)
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[–] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Papal infallibility is a formal attribution to statements on matters of faith. IIRC there have only been a handful of formal “infallible” statements by the papacy. Jesus is the son of God, Mary was the immaculate conception, very foundational stuff like that.

Source: recovering Catholic and religious studies minor from many years ago. Take with a lot of sodium.