[HarleyD]

"I believe that thread was about the bishops of England, Scotland and Wales. The title "Catholic Church" is indicative of the media bashing anything Catholic, because you can see this was a small group of bishops yet it got attributed to the "whole" Catholic Church."

That's a valid point but you can't blame the media for "Catholic bashing" if a bunch of high level Catholic bishops stand up before a mike and say the Bible isn't true. If Condalezza Rice stood up and said she thinks taxes should be raised don't you think it would be attributed to the Administration?

[jo kus]

That's a valid point but you can't blame the media for "Catholic bashing" if a bunch of high level Catholic bishops stand up before a mike and say the Bible isn't true. If Condalezza Rice stood up and said she thinks taxes should be raised don't you think it would be attributed to the Administration?

That is correct. Unfortunately, bishops sometimes make such mistakes. It is for the Vatican to straigthen matters - fortunately we have such an authority to correct such things, otherwise, we'd have mass confusion. By looking to the "official" teachings, we can separate the chaff from the wheat, even when the chaff is a bishop. There is only one bishop who is infallible, and ONLY when he is executing a particular, narrow office.

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