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Pope Benedict to resign at the end of the month, Vatican says

When will there be a person of color as the Pope? Never
 
When will there be a person of color as the Pope? Never

There is no Affirmative Action for the Papacy but FYI only nine of those considered to be among the top twenty candidates are white.
 
Is Benedict no longer infallible?
 
Is Benedict no longer infallible?
Woah woah woah... the pope in NOT infallible... Catholics don't believe he is infallible.
 
Good riddance. He did nothing but pay lip service to the victims of Catholic priest child abuse. He said there was no room in the church for those who abuse kids and/or shelter those who do--well, ratzy, that includes you, too..!

The cops anywhere can't arrest any priests without evidence of allegations against them, and the church has had a long documented history of concealing those allegations and shuffling the molesting priests to other dioceses to avoid trouble for them.

At the end of the day, popie ratzinger was nothing but an (assistant) professional child molester .


You seemed to have simply confused Benedict with John Paul. Or you are simply ignorant of pretty much everything and should consider educating yourself before opening your mouth on a forum to demonstrate your complete mastery of talking out your ass.
 
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Woah woah woah... the pope in NOT infallible... Catholics don't believe he is infallible.

Yes they do. I was almost a priest, trust me, the Pope is considered to be infallible when defining doctrine.
 
Yes they do. I was almost a priest, trust me, the Pope is considered to be infallible when defining doctrine.

Is almost being a priest like almost being pregnant?
 
Yes they do. I was almost a priest, trust me, the Pope is considered to be infallible when defining doctrine.
He is only considered infallible when he makes a special infallible statement which hasn't even happened in like nine decades. I think the last one was on the ascension of Mary.
 
See Wiki link, post #32.
 
Yes they do. I was almost a priest, trust me, the Pope is considered to be infallible when defining doctrine.

No he's not it has to be "sufficiently evident that he intends to teach with all the fullness and finality of his supreme Apostolic authority, in other words that he wishes to determine some point of doctrine in an absolutely final and irrevocable way"

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Infallibility
 
No he's not it has to be "sufficiently evident that he intends to teach with all the fullness and finality of his supreme Apostolic authority, in other words that he wishes to determine some point of doctrine in an absolutely final and irrevocable way"

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Infallibility

Exactly. Infallibility has to be invoked, not assumed. It has been used twice: once at the first Vatican council and once at the second.
 
....resign at the end of the month "because of advanced age."
It's the first time a pope has resigned in nearly 600 years.
lulz

I read that part as he's retiring because he's nearly 600 years old.
 
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