"If the Pope, remiss in his duties and neglectful of his and his neighbour’s salvation, gets caught up in idle business, and if moreover, by his silence (which actually does more harm to himself and everyone else), he leads innumerable hordes of people away from the good with him, he will be beaten for eternity with many blows alongside that very first slave of hell. However, no person can presume to convict him of any transgressions in this matter, because, although the Pope can judge everyone else, no one may judge him, unless he, for whose perpetual stability all the faithful pray as earnestly as they call to mind the fact that, after God, their own salvation depends on his soundness, is found to have strayed from the faith."
[10] (Gratian, Decretum, Part 1, Distinction 40, Chapter 6.)
Children Go Where I Send Thee – A Homily for the 5th Sunday of the Year
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This Sunday’s Gospel describes the call of Simon Peter, one that takes
place in several stages. While it is presented in a compact time frame, for
most o...
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