[patton]

“2. The Pope is not king.”

Actually, the pope is the last absolute monarch in Europe.

If he tells the Swiss Guard to cut off your head, they will do it.

But only in Vatican city, of course.

You must run very fast, grasshopper.

[kidd]

Hogwash. Childish hogwash.

The Pope’s infallibility is limited to matters of doctrine:

- The Pope must teach as supreme doctor (teacher) of the whole world.
- The Pope must be defining a doctrine of faith or morals.
- You can recognize a statement of infallibility if it begins with something like: “We declare,” “We define,” or “We pronounce”

If it is missing any of these, then the Pope is not speaking “ex cathedra” and his statement is not infallible. The Pope doesn’t get to do whatever he wants to do.

[Mrs. Don-o]

You're nuts if you think a Swiss Guard would cut off somebody's head because the Pope told him to. Everbody knows that no ecclesiastical person (or no person whatever) has the authority to command a sin.

The Swiss Guard would probably pull out his cell phone and call for reinforcements while he arrested the decapitation-advocate for impersonating a pope.