A good illustration of how papal infallibility actually works is in the comparatively recent definition of the assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There’s a scene in Brideshead Revisited in which ...

Popes can err if they are not making proclamations in the limited circumstances in which we believe papal infallibility applies to them, per the 1870 dogma. The pope is not some kind of inspired ...

This is a reaction to Bernardo M. Villegas article titled “Infallible teaching on artificial contraceptives” (Inquirer, 10/20/12). Having been a priest for over 50 years, I find it interesting to read ...