Kinda takes away the argument of Peter and the successive popes having been appointed as "head" of the church.
If the pope is the head of the church, why does he need an opinion poll, or a groundswell of opinion, to declare a dogma.
If this is "true" then the pope should just declare it. That he doesn't tells me it isn't.
I don't think that's true. Perhaps he doesn't want to pay the eternal price for declaring something so ridiculous as 'true'. But that hasn't stopped others.