Many Saints have been faced with that exact same quandary, and all of them chose death over dishonor. The mother and her sons from Maccabees come to mind.
Oh I couldn't deal with the wolves.... you're the fucking shepherd. That's literally your fucking job.
Either defend your sheep or die defending them - he's literally the Vicar of Christ.
Imagine Christ at the last minute went, "yeah, nah guess I'll go back to being a carpenter in Nazareth. This suffering the sins of all mankind is too much for me."
The Pope is only infallible under specific circumstances (specifically speaking ex cathedra) when issuing edicts on Church doctrine, usually in order to answer pertinent questions about said doctrine.
Please learn anything about a faith before attempting to criticize it, the Catechism is available free online (even if I and other Catholics still have other problems with Vatican II, it outlines all doctrine of the Catholic Church)
The vast, vast, VAST majority of what the Pope says is not infallible. Maybe you should learn more about Catholicism before telling Catholics what they think.
In this day and age, when you can literally do a quick web search and understand what "Infallibility" means, this is a supremely stupid statement to make.
This man doesnt speak for Catholics. In fact most of the Catholics I know are openly calling their congregation to ignore the current pope.
All Jesuits must be excommunicated from the Church at this point
I blame Benedict XVI directly for this fiasco. How exactly does one decide to retire from being Pope?
"Retire or we'll suicide everyone you love, and then you."
Many Saints have been faced with that exact same quandary, and all of them chose death over dishonor. The mother and her sons from Maccabees come to mind.
I blame him too.
Oh I couldn't deal with the wolves.... you're the fucking shepherd. That's literally your fucking job.
Either defend your sheep or die defending them - he's literally the Vicar of Christ.
Imagine Christ at the last minute went, "yeah, nah guess I'll go back to being a carpenter in Nazareth. This suffering the sins of all mankind is too much for me."
Si itis cum Iesuitis, non cum Iesu itis.
True.
The Pope is only infallible under specific circumstances (specifically speaking ex cathedra) when issuing edicts on Church doctrine, usually in order to answer pertinent questions about said doctrine.
Please learn anything about a faith before attempting to criticize it, the Catechism is available free online (even if I and other Catholics still have other problems with Vatican II, it outlines all doctrine of the Catholic Church)
The vast, vast, VAST majority of what the Pope says is not infallible. Maybe you should learn more about Catholicism before telling Catholics what they think.
Dude isn't the pope. If he was, this wouldn't be happening.
In this day and age, when you can literally do a quick web search and understand what "Infallibility" means, this is a supremely stupid statement to make.