Only in matters of faith and morals, only when speaking “ex cathedra”, and only when defining a matter for the whole Church. If the Pope says the sky is greeen one day, Catholics everywhere should start asking when the Pope last took his meds, and not claiming that the sky is green.
To my knowledge, these conditions have only been met a few times in Church history.
According to Catholic doctrine, the pope is infallible.
Only in matters of faith and morals, only when speaking “ex cathedra”, and only when defining a matter for the whole Church. If the Pope says the sky is greeen one day, Catholics everywhere should start asking when the Pope last took his meds, and not claiming that the sky is green.
To my knowledge, these conditions have only been met a few times in Church history.
There’s a whole movie about this