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i'm not sure i get where this is a 'waterloo' to infallibility.You've lost me RC.The free will of individuals,Catholic or not,has no bearing on infalliblity.


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The Church's ban on ABC has the stamp of ordinary magisterium and creeping infallibility. This link shows that ABC and the Vatican's ability to teach are linked:


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Contraception is bringing about an implosion in papal authority. Contraception has resulted in the greatest crisis in the Church since the loss of the Papal States during the time of Vatican Council I in 1870. Very few people are aware of the real motivation for Humanae Vitae. But they do recognize that the behavior demanded by this encyclical is not in their best interests -- behavior that in the long run will be suicidal for humanity. Contraception has initiated a collapse of the institution from within.


The Cross of Papal Infallibility
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