Wikipedia is a leftist propaganda tool, and the left is adamantly opposed to Catholicism. Why wouldn’t you look to see what official Catholic teaching is?
https://www.catholic.com/tract/papal-infallibility
You can read the magisterium of the Catholic Church yourself, which is the deposit of faith which means official church teaching or you could use catholic.com and search literally any term to find out what Catholicism actually teaches.
I would go to the main page and type in papal infallibility to see several articles that go over this topic. it is one of the most misunderstood parts of Catholicism.
The pope can be on a plane demanding that Catholics favor Oreo cookies over chocolate chip and it doesn’t mean a thing. When he speaks from the chair of Peter on matters of faith and morals, that is where he is in fallible. But please don’t take my word for it and read for yourself about what Catholics believe. a “Catholic“ who believes things contrary to the magisterium are not practicing the Catholic faith. One of our strengths is our unity, morals, and faith. 1 billion Catholics believe the same thing while protestants believe thousands of different things. “Catholic” who thinks abortion is OK and permissible is not a Catholic nor are they practicing the Catholic faith. There are certain things that Catholics are free to believe one way or another because the church has not made a declarative stance, but if it’s put in the magisterium, then we are all obligated to accept it as truth and failure to do so puts you outside of the Catholic faith. I’m only telling you this because part of your comment was that there are Catholics who believe different things and I want you to understand that Catholics have to abide by and believe what is in the deposit faith lest they not be Catholic anymore. This an aside from papal infallibility. I just wanted to address both because you mentioned both.
Anytime you want to learn what Catholics actually believe, I would not look to individuals, but to the official teaching which is called the magisterium. The church has its own canon law and hierarchy, and if it feels too much to go through, start with catholic.com and put in whatever term you’re curious about. You will lose nothing from learning more about Catholicism. You will either be convicted or you will have better arguments for why you believe what you believe.
Sorry for any errors that might be left over. I did this using voice to text 😬
Peace brother
Wikipedia is a leftist propaganda tool, and the left is adamantly opposed to Catholicism. Why wouldn’t you look to see what official Catholic teaching is?
https://www.catholic.com/tract/papal-infallibility
You can read the magisterium of the Catholic Church yourself, which is the deposit of faith which means official church teaching or you could use catholic.com and search literally any term to find out what Catholicism actually teaches.
I would go to the main page and type in paper and availability to see several articles that go over this topic. it is one of the most misunderstood parts of Catholicism.
The pope can be on a plane demanding that Catholics favor Oreo cookies over chocolate chip and it doesn’t mean a thing. When he speaks from the chair of Peter on matters of faith and morals, that is where he is in fallible. But please don’t take my word for it and read for yourself about what Catholics believe. a “Catholic“ who believes things contrary to the magisterium are not practicing the Catholic faith. One of our strengths is our unity, morals, and faith. 1 billion Catholics believe the same thing while protestants believe thousands of different things. “Catholic” who thinks abortion is OK and permissible is not a Catholic nor are they practicing the Catholic faith. There are certain things that Catholics are free to believe one way or another because the church has not made a declarative stance, but if it’s put in the magisterium, then we are all obligated to accept it as truth and failure to do so puts you outside of the Catholic faith. I’m only telling you this because part of your comment was that there are Catholics who believe different things and I want you to understand that Catholics have to abide by and believe what is in the deposit faith lest they not be Catholic anymore. This an aside from papal infallibility. I just wanted to address both because you mentioned both.
Anytime you want to learn what Catholics actually believe, I would not look to individuals, but to the official teaching which is called the magisterium. The church has its own canon law and hierarchy, and if it feels too much to go through, start with catholic.com and put in whatever term you’re curious about. You will lose nothing from learning more about Catholicism. You will either be convicted or you will have better arguments for why you believe what you believe.