For it is quite foreign to everyone bearing the name of a Christian to trust his own mental powers with such pride as to agree only with those things which he can examine from their inner nature, and to imagine that the Church, sent by God to teach and guide all nations, is not conversant with present affairs and circuмstances; or even that they must obey only in those matters which she has decreed by solemn definition as though her other decisions might be presumed to be false or putting forward insufficient motive for truth and honesty. Quite to the contrary, a characteristic of all true followers of Christ, lettered or unlettered, is to suffer themselves to be guided and led in all things that touch upon faith or morals by the Holy Church of God through its Supreme Pastor the Roman Pontiff, who is himself guided by Jesus Christ Our Lord.
(Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Casti Connubii, n. 104)
Completely annihilates R&R
No, this doesn't annihilate R&R at all.
Just like the quote from Pope Pius XII provided earlier in the thread by QVD, it is laying down the attitude a faithful Catholic ought to have towards the Magisterium.
It certainly is not teaching that the Roman Pontiff is
infallibly guided by Our Lord Jesus Christ whenever he pronounces on faith and morals,
thus dispensing with every condition for infallibility just laid down by the First Vatican Council in a
solemn definition that it very clearly stated was in accord with
the Tradition received.
It is utterly ludicrous and makes a mockery of the Magisterium to hold to such an absurdity.
If that were the intention of Popes Pius XI and Pius XII, to contradict what had just been defined (as if they could do so! - unless you use some kind of mental gymnastics to pretend it was not a contradiction, just an addition), then clearly they would have had to do so with equal force and solemnity.
Undoubtedly, in this context, it is to be understood that it is not without very serious reason that one may resist the Roman Pontiff, it would clearly be an extraordinary thing, it is not the ordinary attitude of a Catholic. Just as it is not the ordinary attitude of a child towards his parents. And a Pope teaching contrary to Tradition, as we have seen with since VII, is obviously just such an extraordinary situation.
It is fanciful indeed to interpret these quotes from Pius XI and XII as meaning that the Pope could never teach contrary to Tradition and if he did we would either have to
1. follow him anyway (Conciliar Catholics), or
2. declare him not to be Pope (Sedevacantists)
Yes VII and Colin, these are excellent quotes, but please understand them in the Catholic sense and do not pit them against the solemn definition of infallibility, as received from the Fathers and Tradition, of Vatican I.