(June 25, 2015 at 4:22 pm)robvalue Wrote: So... He goes into a board meeting with his PR team, they decide how to best balance old obviously bollocks doctrine with some illusion of progression...
Then he goes to speak to God, who happens to agree with every point. Then, it's official?
Well I'm just guessing here.
It's not actually that complicated, he gets a board to investigate the matter, they tell the Pope and then he decides.
It's purely a formality though, in most occasions in recent times (Pius IX on Infallibility, Paul VI with contraception and Leo XIII on Anglicans notably) the Pope ignores them and just goes with whatever he feels like regardless of any evidence.
Popey can't be wrong, so its whatever he likes.