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Does the Holy Spirit Choose the Pope? Pope Benedict’s Surprising Answer, by Gavin Ashenden – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Gavin Ashenden, The Catholic Herald, May 5, 2025

There is an odd but prevalent fascination with the Catholic Church’s claim to miraculous divine intervention.

The dogma of papal infallibility is not well understood, even among some Catholics. There are many people, including Catholics, who seem neither to understand it nor believe it when it is explained to them.

But it fascinates people. The combination of a claim to supernatural intervention and the level of reliance on that intervention provokes strong interest and reaction—particularly when it is misunderstood; perhaps especially so.

And so, when it comes to the Conclave, there is an implicit assumption that if the Pope can be infallible (in whatever way that is claimed), then surely the election of the Pope must be equally infallible? …

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