It is a mortal sin to refuse assent to universal papal teaching on matters of Faith and morals.  Some on this forum not only refuse to assent to the universal teaching of Pope Pius XII on a moral matter, but are actively trying convince Catholics to reject this teaching as well.

Yes, and your opponents say you are in mortal sin for rejecting the infallible teaching of Pope Pius XI.

Yes, they say that, but that is because they are in rebellion, and are not learning their Faith from the Pope.

They pretend that that they can sit in judgment of Pope Pius XII, and that they understand morality better than him.  

They pretend that Pope Pius XII taught something against the teaching of his predecessor.  

They have no clue what they are talking about.  The blind lead the blind over the cliff.

AM wrote:

Even though you admitted that Pope John XXII taught heresy in a sermon, you deny that Pius XII could do the same in his speech to midwifes, even though his speech to midwifes is just as fallible and in no way different from Pope John XXII's fallible, condemned sermon.

I also urged you to read the link I gave you.  If you had, you would have learned that John XXII was not teaching with his power as Pope, was only putting forth the idea as a theologian, and was willing to be corrected if he was wrong, which he did in fact admit prior to his death.
 
You would have also learned that the teaching in the particular judgment had not been clearly defined until the next Pope, Benedict XII ended the issue and taught and therefore bound the universal Church the teaching of the particular judgment.

You cannot equate the case of John XXII with your idea that a Pope can teach the universal Church a heresy or that it is permissible to commit a mortal sin under certain circuмstances.

As I sated before, the Papacy is protected by Our Lord Jesus Christ.  The Pope cannot lead the flock entrusted to him astray in his teaching on matters of Faith and moral given to the universal Church.  

You can dig all you want, you will never find an example of your idea in the entire history of the Church.  You will never find a source to support you, except Protestant sources.  

You stand alone.  No Catholic ever believed what you believe.  

On my side, there is the teaching from sacred Scripture, the fathers, the popes, the Doctors and the theologians on the Papacy.  Your position stands against all of them.

Your position is a direct attack on the Papacy!

All this talk of mortal sin makes me glad that I went to confession this morning.

Quote from: Ambrose

It is a mortal sin to refuse assent to universal papal teaching on matters of Faith and morals.  Some on this forum not only refuse to assent to the universal teaching of Pope Pius XII on a moral matter, but are actively trying convince Catholics to reject this teaching as well.

Pope Pius XII letter to mid wives is not universal, why do you say it is universal when it is addressed to only mid wives?

It was not a letter, it was an Address, a speech given by the Pope.  The Address itself was not universal, it was a speech given to the midwives.

When the Pope placed his words given in the Address is in Acta, that act made it universal.  The Acta is the official journal of the acts of the Holy See, published and sent to the hierarchy throughout the world.

Msgr. Fenton explains:

     

The first question to be considered is this: Can a speech addressed by the Roman Pontiff to a private group, a group which cannot in any sense be taken as representing either the Roman Church or the universal Church, contain doctrinal teaching authoritative for the universal Church?

     The clear and unequivocal answer to this question is contained in the Holy Father's encyclical letter Humani generis, issued Aug. 12, 1950.  According to this docuмent: "if, in their 'Acta' the Supreme Pontiffs take care to render a decision on a point that has hitherto been controverted, it is obvious to all that this point, according to the mind and will of these same Pontiffs, can no longer be regarded as a question theologians may freely debate among themselves."[6]

     Thus, in the teaching of the Humani generis, any doctrinal decision made by the Pope and included in his "Acta" are authoritative.  Now many of the allocutions made by the Sovereign Pontiff to private groups are included in the "Acta" of the Sovereign Pontiff himself, as a section of the Acta apostolicae sedis. Hence, any doctrinal decision made in one of these allocutions that is published in the Holy Father's "Acta" is authoritative and binding on all the members of the universal Church.

     There is, according to the words of the Humani generis, an authoritative doctrinal decision whenever the Roman Pontiffs, in their "Acta," "de re hactenus controversa data opera sententiam ferunt."  When this condition is fulfilled, even in an allocution originally delivered to a private group, but subsequently published as part of the Holy Father's "Acta,"
an authoritative doctrinal judgment has been proposed to the universal Church.  All of those within the Church are obliged, under penalty of serious sin, to accept this decision.

Taken from, The Doctrinal Authority of Papal Allocutions, Msgr. Joseph Clifford Fenton, The American Ecclesiastical Review, Feb. 1956, pg. 109-117,

I have noticed recently that opponents in arguments on this site are frequently accusing their opponent of being in mortal sin.

I haven't seen any of that at all.  

Quote from: Ambrose

Quote from: Guest

Yes, and your opponents say you are in mortal sin for rejecting the infallible teaching of Pope Pius XI.

Yes, they say that, but that is because they are in rebellion, and are not learning their Faith from the Pope.

They pretend that that they can sit in judgment of Pope Pius XII, and that they understand morality better than him.  

They pretend that Pope Pius XII taught something against the teaching of his predecessor.  

They have no clue what they are talking about.  The blind lead the blind over the cliff.

Ambrose,

What are the two sources?  The one from Pius XI and the one from Pius XII?

I want to read them both to see if there is a contradiction.

Capt.

They claim that the teaching in Casti Connubii of Pope Pius XI found HERE

Stands against the teaching of Pope Pius XII found HERE.

And by extension they would also include Pius XII's teaching HERE

There is one more Address of Pius XII on this subject, it is not online, and was given in November, 1951.  I believe I have it and if I can find it I will put it up on CathInfo library.