How can the Pope make a mistake?

They have claimed infallibility indeed, so now we must conclude that they are liars, and the entire catholic church, as built upon the foundation of the papal authority is in apostasy as a result of their lies.

The Pope is only considered infallible when he is speaking "ex cathedra." This means "from the chair" and only, ONLY happens when the Pope declares that he is speaking ex cathedra and is seated in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

Whatever he might be speaking of cannot go against the Sacred Scripture.

Those who stated that the Pope is just another human are correct. He is open to mistakes and sin like everyone else. However, when the specific actions that take place in order for him to speak ex cathedra, it should be considered infallible.

They are only infallible when speaking on matters of faith and speaking as POPE. The practice of INFALLIBILITY has only been used once, and that was the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY. The pope is just a man, and as a man, makes mistakes. On Matters of faith, he is guided by the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit cannot make a mistake.

Married Clergy, Women Priests, Anti-Abortion Stance, and most other issues are simply practices and traditions, not matters of faith, and therefore not subject to PAPAL INFALLIBILITY. The Pope could change those any time he wishes.

Papal infallibility is the dogma in Catholic theology that, by action of the Holy Spirit, the Pope is preserved from even the possibility of error when he solemnly declares or promulgates to the Church a dogmatic teaching on faith or morals as being contained in divine revelation, or at least being intimately connected to divine revelation. It is also taught that the Holy Spirit works in the body of the Church, as sensus fidei, to ensure that dogmatic teachings proclaimed to be infallible will be received by all Catholics. This dogma, however, does not state that the Pope cannot commit sin in his own personal life.

This doctrine was defined dogmatically in the First Vatican Council of 1870. According to Catholic theology, there are several concepts important to the understanding of infallible, divine revelation: Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Sacred Magisterium. The infallible teachings of the pope are part of the Sacred Magisterium, which also consists of ecumenical councils and the "ordinary and universal magisterium". In Catholic theology, papal infallibility is one of the channels of the infallibility of the Church. The infallible teachings of the pope must be based on, or at least not contradict, Sacred Tradition or Sacred Scripture. Papal infallibility does not signify that the pope is impeccable, i.e., that he is specially exempt from liability to sin.

In practice, popes seldom use their power of infallibility, but rely on the notion that the Church allows the office of the pope to be the ruling agent in deciding what will be accepted as formal beliefs in the church. Since the solemn declaration of Papal Infallibility by Vatican I on July 18, 1870, this power has been used only once ex cathedra: in 1950 when Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary as being an article of faith for Roman Catholics. Prior to the solemn definition of 1870, Pope Pius IX, with the support of the overwhelming majority of Roman Catholic bishops, had proclaimed Immaculate Conception an ex cathedra dogma in December 1854.

The Pope is a man. Man is a fallible organism. If he were infallible, he would be God himself, not just God's voice on Earth. All interpreters make mistakes every now and then.

when jesus gave peter the authority to speak on his behalf "he who hears you hears me"and also ."whose sins you forgive they are forgiven, whose sins you retain they are retained.' he also meant that the church did not finish at the death of peter, but is carried on through all following popes whether they are sinners or of a righteousness nature, that is why the catholic church has not deleted or added anything to jesus's teachings, of course the pope makes mistakes ,but he upholds the infallible teachings of faith and morals

Too bad no man is infalliable its the nature of man. Even a Pope can make mistakes.

We are all subject to error (evil). Evolutionary man finds it difficult fully to comprehend the significance and to grasp the meanings of evil, error, sin, and iniquity. Man is slow to perceive that contrastive perfection and imperfection produce potential evil; that conflicting truth and falsehood create confusing error; that the divine endowment of freewill choice eventuates in the divergent realms of sin and righteousness; that the persistent pursuit of divinity leads to the kingdom of God as contrasted with its continuous rejection, which leads to the domains of iniquity. I'm sure the Pope understands this as well.

no.

they are only infallible when they speak ex cathedra. This has only happened seven times in the history of the church...the last time in 1950.

you all are listening to the wrong people. the pope is "only infallible" when he teaches about faith and morals. that is all. he is just as much human as you are.

PEOPLE are ALWAYS fallible, and the Pope is merely a person with a job title.