"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.)
It is Easier to Wear Slippers than to Carpet the Whole of the Earth. A
Meditation on the Gospel for the 18th Sunday of the Year
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We have today the very familiar miracle of the loaves and fishes. One is
tempted to say, “Oh that one…and tune out.” But, if we allow it, the gospel
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