Pope John Paul II to become Saint John Paul

[Хahar 🤔]

Don't care. I will never refer to any person as a saint anyway (even those who were Freedom Fighters), unless there is a place named after them (It'd be kind of weird if I referred to the place to the east as just "Paul".)

It would be really funny if you did, though. You could call St. Cloud "Cloud", too.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

None of my business; I'm not a Catholic and have no interest in becoming one.

Agreed.......I'm probably in the minority here but I rather liked him......

[The Mikado]

Infallibility isn't that hard a concept, Dibble.  The Papacy is infallible when relating official doctrine and dogma out of necessity, because, were it not, the Pope could lead his whole flock into damnation.  It would simply not make sense for half of Christendom to be condemned to Hell for following the word of a misguided Pope, so any official pronouncement of the Pope is infallible.  This does not relate to anything outside his public capacity (having an affair or whatever has nothing to do with him in his capacity as Pope).  This...isn't that complicated a thing.

[memphis]

Infallibility isn't that hard a concept, Dibble.  The Papacy is infallible when relating official doctrine and dogma out of necessity, because, were it not, the Pope could lead his whole flock into damnation.  It would simply not make sense for half of Christendom to be condemned to Hell for following the word of a misguided Pope, so any official pronouncement of the Pope is infallible.  This does not relate to anything outside his public capacity (having an affair or whatever has nothing to do with him in his capacity as Pope).  This...isn't that complicated a thing.

Not so much complicated as silly, but whatever.

[John Dibble]

Infallibility isn't that hard a concept, Dibble.  The Papacy is infallible when relating official doctrine and dogma out of necessity, because, were it not, the Pope could lead his whole flock into damnation.  It would simply not make sense for half of Christendom to be condemned to Hell for following the word of a misguided Pope, so any official pronouncement of the Pope is infallible.  This does not relate to anything outside his public capacity (having an affair or whatever has nothing to do with him in his capacity as Pope).  This...isn't that complicated a thing.

I never said it was a hard or complicated thing - I understand the concept, but the way in which it's done as I understand it is too convenient.

[RosettaStoned]

Very strongly agree.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

I liked that he advocated for political freedom, I hated that he kept the Church socially in the dark ages... on balance...

couldn't care less..