The Importance of Private Statements of the Pope

Cooper: If we set up the standard that something of God must always have the best answer, then you're going to undermine the Bible right along with the papacy. trad Roman Catholics are constantly claiming that the only bulwark against modernity is the Roman Catholic Church because Protestantism supposedly created all the problems of modernity. Despite claims of upholding tradition and having an authoritative magisterium, the RCC simply isn't the strong force for traditionalism in the West," Cooper said.