Sparring Over Papal Obedience

A Social Media Showdown on Who Really Decides What’s “Catholic”

I recently shared a segment clip from a podcast episode, in which I addressed a question from the audience, ‘Do laypeople have to obey the pope?” Naturally I started the post with that very question, as a way of introducing the clip I was posting a link to.

I knew this was going to raise some eyebrows. But I wasn’t expecting this.

I’ll let the exchange mo…