The real question is why this leaked out in the first place.
The remarks took place in the context of proposals from the Italian bishops to amend guidelines on candidates to seminaries.
It wasn't a public meeting. It was a private meeting with Italian bishops (the Italian home guard). And the Vatican keeps meticulous records of who attends meetings and who does not.
There appears to be more to this story than just the (mass immigration supporting) pope saying something that wouldn't be expected of someone holding his position. The pope is infallible, after all, according to papal doctrines.
The pope is infallible, after all, according to papal doctrines.
Only when he says so. Or, from the Catholic perspective, only when he tells you he is speaking with God's authority. The rest of the time he's just the leader of the priests.
The real question is why this leaked out in the first place.
It wasn't a public meeting. It was a private meeting with Italian bishops (the Italian home guard). And the Vatican keeps meticulous records of who attends meetings and who does not.
There appears to be more to this story than just the (mass immigration supporting) pope saying something that wouldn't be expected of someone holding his position. The pope is infallible, after all, according to papal doctrines.
Only when he says so. Or, from the Catholic perspective, only when he tells you he is speaking with God's authority. The rest of the time he's just the leader of the priests.