Fr. Hesse: Papal Infallibility - Fact vs. Falsehood

• published: 14 Mar 2015
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Fr. Gregory Hesse, S.T.D., J.C.D., S.T.L., J.C.L., Canon Lawyer, Doctor of Thomistic Theology, Lifelong Friend and Personal Secretary of Cardinal Stickler at the Vatican from 1986-1988 gives a no-nonsense, intelligent, learned, and witty exposition and explanation of relevant topics facing contemporary faithful Catholics. Fr. Hesse got to know approx. 45 cardinals while studying and working in Rome for 15 years and he has an uncanny and substantial knowledge of many things. You would be hard-pressed to find another theologian quite like him. A breath of fresh air in today’s widespread climate of many weak, ignorant, and naive clerics and theologians, he was affectionately called by several of his friends during his life “the bull in the china shop.” His example, testimony, and insights no doubt played and will play an important role in Catholic thought and development. Listen to find out why. You can download the free MP3 of this talk and all of Fr. Hesse’s talks to listen to on your computer or portable audio devices at the following URL: https://spideroak.com/browse/share/Hesse/Audio In this video, Fr. Hesse discusses actual Church teaching on papal infallibility and papal authority and dispels many misunderstandings and myths about papal infallibility that are commonly held by Catholic lay faithful and clerics nowadays. Fr. Hesse answers the question: How far are we obliged to follow a Pope? To answer this, we have to understand the true teaching of the Church on papal infalliblity, and even more importantly, on papal authority. Fr. Hesse covers these topics. He also discusses the very relevant and important question concerning the doctrine about the indefectibility of the Catholic Church [“Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:18)] and the historical examples in previous centuries and the present-day reality of materially heretical and bad Popes who poorly exercise their office, such as Pope Liberius, Pope Honorius, Pope John XXII, Pope Alexander VI, etc.