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Bloggers : Pope Fallible

by publicreader | April 19, 2007 at 07:07 am | 831 views | 3 comments | 0 recommendations

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Pope Benedict's book, Jesus of Nazareth, sold more than 50.000 copies on its first day. Published in a new edition on the pontiff's 80th birthday, the book is the Pope's personal view of the life of Jesus and as such does not represent Church doctrine. With tongue slightly deviated toward cheek, bloggers are taking the Pontiff on, claiming that his own words show him fallible.

"The Pope is not infallible - there's a little mistake in his last book," Italian journalist Sandro Magister said in his blog Settimo Cielo (Seventh Heaven).

The Pope says "everyone is free to contradict me".

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moonwolf

at 08:12 on April 19th, 2007

Anyone who actually thought the pope to be infallible is just plain gullible!

publicreader

at 08:14 on April 19th, 2007

True enough.

nyjournalsp

at 20:55 on December 19th, 2007

Anyone care to elaborate on that claim?

The mistake that was reported was not a mistake in any catholic doctrine or
any core belief of the church. The Pontiff is human and only infallible
in matters of doctrine and cannon. To mistake a New York Archdiocesan
priest for a Jesuit is not unheard of and is by no means in the realm of the
Pope's infallibility.