Pope - Infallible But Still Sorry
For Protestants like myself, the notion of an infallible Pope is rather weird. On account of being deeply aware of human inadequacies, even in the strongest of faith (like Abraham and Jacob, for starters...) Still, they really believe it. Just today my RC mate informed me (with a smug grin) that as far as the Pope goes, "whatsoever he binds on earth is bound in heaven, and whatever he looses on earth..." As he said, what power! I asked "what if he gets it wrong" and the response "that's not possible"! And he wasn't joking.
So, rather incongruous (but somehow reassuring) to read today that the Pope is sorry for a mistake he feels he's made. I know infallibility only extends so far, but a papal apology is surely newsworthy.
And while he's at it, why stop there? There's the crusades, the inquisition, myriads of burnings of "heretics" at the stake,... Guess I shouldn't quibble, we've got a PM who can't even get the word "sorry" out, his teeth are gritted so hard...
# posted by geoff @ 8:14 pm
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