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 ...
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: When Pope St. John Paul II authoritatively condemned abortion in 1995, he used a form similar to formulas used in earlier infallible declarations. The cathedra at St. John ...
Infallibility is the notion that someone or institution cannot make mistakes or do something wrong. It was a concept used to sustain the authority of the Catholic Pope when the Church was the state ...