[marajade]

"The Church has never said priests cannot be married."

Technically correct but a falsehood nonethe less. The Catholic Church believes its Pope has the final say in how it will teach its believers instead of just following the word of God.

[dollars_for_dogma]

The Catholic Church believes its Pope has the final say in how it will teach its believers instead of just following the word of God.

The Lord made His Church to be infallible in the exercise of her doctrinal authority.

The Vicar of Christ, the Pope, is considered "infallible" , in regards to the teaching of faith and morals to the Catholic faithful.

I said in regards to "faith and morals", not economics or politics.

This "infallibility" comes through guidance from the Holy Spirit.

And the Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity: God.

The Holy Spirit--God--will not allow the Pope to mislead the faithful when teaching on issues of faith and morals,

which means that the Pope is following the word of God.

[Barnacle]

The Catholic Church believes its Pope has the final say in how it will teach its believers instead of just following the word of God.

And who decides exactly what the "word of God" is for you?

Please don't give me that tired tripe about "the bible"... Catholics reference the bible as much as any one. (We assembled the book after all. Note that yours, if you are Protestant, is lacking 7 books.) If it was that simple, there wouldn't be 3,000 Protestant denominations who can't agree on doctrine - except to say, "Catholics are wrong".

[The Cuban]

"correct but a falsehood nonethe less"

A truth can not be a falsity at the same time. There is an error in your statement.