The idea of papal infallibility has both baffled and amused Protestants at least since the First Vatican Council formally adopted the idea nearly 150 years ago (though the notion existed informally ...

There is no greater scandal among moderns than the Catholic Church's claim to infallibility. And who can blame them? For as this century drags to a close, it does look as though only a cretin could ...

COMMENTARY: As the Catholic Church marks the 150th anniversary of Pastor Aeternus, it is an occasion for us to be grateful for the gift of the teaching authority of the Church, especially that of the ...

A contemporary painting (1870) of the First Vatican Council, at which the doctrine of papal infallibility was declared (Wikimedia Commons) Papal infallibility, solemnly defined by the First Vatican ...

Priests lie prostrate before Pope Benedict XVI during their ordination Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 7, 2006. (CNS/Chris Helgren) Rome-- When Pope Benedict XVI used the word ...

Pope Paul VI greets a child as he visits the parish of Jesus the Divine Master in Rome April 2, 1972. (Credit: Giancarlo Giuliani/ Catholic Press Photo via CNS.) Listen ROME – Over the past few days, ...

Since the First Vatican Council of 1870, it has been a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church that the Pope, when he speaks ex cathedra on matters of faith or morals, is infallible. In the most ...

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VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict XVI will lose his infallibility — his supreme authority in Church matters — as soon he steps down on February 28, the Vatican said on Wednesday as it struggles to explain a ...