The "paul" Card

[TheUbiquitous]

In Acts, St. Paul rebukes St. Peter. Protestants cite this in two ways:
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[*]As a refutation of Papal infallibility.
[*]As a defense of protesting against the Church "of Rome."
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How can a Catholic answer this charge from scripture? From reason?

[Theoketos]

Infallible popes make mistakes and have been awfully men in the past. Saints have in charity corrected them. These saints include St. Paul, St. Catherine of Sienna, St. Robert Bellarmine, Ratzinger to John Paul II even.

When the Pope exercises charism of infallibility as the successor of Peter that exercises has four strict qualifications;

1. He must be acting as Pope of the universal Church (c.f. Benedict XVI's note in his first volume on Jesus of Nazareth).
2. He must be speaking to the universal church (instead of say to his particular diocese in Rome).
3. He must declare he is doing so.
4. He must be speaking on matters of faith and morals.

Further proof for the charism of infallibility is that the Holy See has never fallen into Heresy.