Apostolic sucession doesn’t mean we’ll only get good Popes. It means that there is a lineage back to the Apostles.
If you think that throuhout the history of the Catholic Church, we only had good Pope’s, you need a course in Church History.
Also, I did not blame the Pope for the inexcusable actions by various Muslims. I merely stated that his choice of words in his lecture, in the current climate, were not wise.
I am afraid you are confusing “impecable” with “infallibe”. the Pope does not possess the former but does posess the latter in matters of faith and Morals. Thus we can have a “bad” Pope in terms of sin but not in terms of dogma .
You do not have a very good grasp of Apostolic Sucession. It is not just a matter of the magestrium being able to trace its roots back to the Apostles. It means that those in this line are literally in
UNION with the Apostles and all who followed after them. It is not just a matter of drawing boxes on a chart and connecting them with lines. I suggest you read the Catechism to see what you are missing in you understandng:
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*** When Christ instituted the Twelve, "he constituted [them] in the form of a college or permanent assembly, at the head of which he placed Peter, chosen from among them."398 Just as "by the Lord’s institution, St. Peter and the rest of the apostles constitute a single apostolic college, so in like fashion the Roman Pontiff, Peter’s successor, and the bishops, the successors of the apostles, are related with and united to one another."399 ***
881*** The Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the “rock” of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him shepherd of the whole flock.400 "The office of binding and loosing which was given to Peter was also assigned to the college of apostles united to its head."401 This pastoral office of Peter and the other apostles belongs to the Church’s very foundation and is continued by the bishops under the primacy of the Pope. ***
882*** The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter’s successor, "is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful."402 "For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered."403 ***
***883 “The college or body of bishops has no authority unless united with the Roman Pontiff, Peter’s successor, as its head.” As such, this college has "supreme and full authority over the universal Church; but this power cannot be exercised without the agreement of the Roman Pontiff."404 ***
***884 "The college of bishops exercises power over the universal Church in a solemn manner in an ecumenical council."405 But "there never is an ecumenical council which is not confirmed or at least recognized as such by Peter’s successor."406 ***
885 "This college, in so far as it is composed of many members, is the expression of the variety and universality of the People of God; and of the unity of the flock of Christ, in so far as it is assembled under one head."407 ***
886 "The individual bishops are the visible source and foundation of unity in their own particular Churches."408 As such, they "exercise their pastoral office over the portion of the People of God assigned to them,"409 assisted by priests and deacons. But, as a member of the episcopal college, each bishop shares in the concern for all the Churches.410 The bishops exercise this care first “by ruling well their own Churches as portions of the universal Church,” and so contributing "to the welfare of the whole Mystical Body, which, from another point of view, is a corporate body of Churches."411 They extend it especially to the poor,412 to those persecuted for the faith, as well as to missionaries who are working throughout the world. ******887 Neighboring particular Churches who share the same culture form ecclesiastical provinces or larger groupings called patriarchates or regions.413 The bishops of these groupings can meet in synods or provincial councils. "In a like fashion, the episcopal conferences at the present time are in a position to contribute in many and fruitful ways to the concrete realization of the collegiate spirit."414 ***
As Christ chose the first Pope all susequent Popes have likewise been chosen by God-via the Holy Spirit working through those who are in the line of Apostolic Sucession.
But, I will since u bring it up…