We badly need a Papal Infallibility Disclaimer. I have a draft, to help:
The term is not meant in any way to state in any manner what is normally understood or defined as " Infallible".

Infallibility applies to teachings of the Pope only when he is speaking on behalf of the whole church and in ways that are consistent with its councils, and with the collective wisdom of its cardinals and bishops as the truth has been revealed to them over time. And, when the Pope is speaking about matters of faith or morals, that applies only to solemn, official teachings on faith and morals, not to disciplinary decisions or even to unofficial comments on faith and morals.

The doctrine of papal infallibility does not imply that the Pope is without sin or cannot make a mistake, be a bad example, will teach the truth, or that he will be sinless, or that he will make intelligentdecisions or agree with infallible pronouncements of previous popes. A pope's private theological opinions are not infallible, but only that which he defines as infallible teaching. When the Vatican issues a statement of the Pope such statements should not be regarded as being infallible, representative of theRC church nor even authoritative for RC followers and other Christians.

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Now Back to the original topic, since it is clear that the word Papal Infallibility does not really mean that much to those outside the RC church in common sense terms (and maybe even to some within).

The main reason I raised papal infallibility is because of the comments in this news article that related to the RC Popes statements on using condoms to reduce the spread of HIV:

http://www.cath4choice.org/PopeNotInfallibleonCondoms.asp