By John W. Lillpop
Papal Infallibility is the long-held belief by some that the Pope, as duly anointed by the Catholic church, is under the direct spiritual command of the Holy Father and, as such, is incapable of religious dogma not founded in truth and enlightenment for all of humanity.
Simply put, the Pope is thought to be incapable of being wrong on vital issues impacting human kind.
Unfortunately, Pope Francis appears to have been influenced by non-spiritual entities, such as Barack Obama, in promoting the heretical notion that mortal men can, of their own will, defeat the magnificent work of the Creator, through deliberate acts of human frailty such as sloth, greed, and lack of respect for that which is Holy and sacred.
Pope Francis, thus, appears to have been duped into believing that mankind can challenge the Omnipotence of God when in comes to sustaining planet earth and it’s human inhabitants.
As reported:
He has been called the “superman pope”, and it would be hard to deny that Pope Francis has had a good December. Cited by President Barack Obama as a key player in the thawing relations between the US and Cuba, the Argentinian pontiff followed that by lecturing his cardinals on the need to clean up Vatican politics. But can Francis achieve a feat that has so far eluded secular powers and inspire decisive action on climate change?
It looks as if he will give it a go. In 2015, the pope will issue a lengthy message on the subject to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, give an address to the UN general assembly and call a summit of the world’s main religions.
The reason for such frenetic activity, says Bishop Marcelo Sorondo, chancellor of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences, is the pope’s wish to directly influence next year’s crucial UN climate meeting in Paris, when countries will try to conclude 20 years of fraught negotiations with a universal commitment to reduce emissions.
According to Vatican insiders, Francis will meet other faith leaders and lobby politicians at the general assembly in New York in September, when countries will sign up to new anti-poverty and environmental goals.”
And so it is that the notion of Papal Infallibility will be vigorously tested in the vexing and controversial issue of climate change.
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