Some bishops refuse assent to errors but only in private, leaving the faithful under the impression that Francis was a legitimate teacher of the Catholic faith.
Both liberals and traditionalists are often under the false impression that the infallible exercise of the Church’s teaching authority is something which occurs only rarely.
If sexual intercourse is positively prevented from being ordered toward children through the use of contraception, then the foundation for the moral goodness of sex has been destroyed, namely, its order toward its primary and natural end. This is a universal truth which no man, even a pope, can undo.