Today is the festival of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a day of obligation for those (like the Pope) who follow these things.
Aside from the belief in Papal Infalliability itself, belief in the Assumption is the only doctrine where a Pope has issued an "ex cathedra" (i.e. officially infalliable) statement. This was done by Pope Pius XII in 1950.
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