If every pope for 2,000 years says "2+2=4" and then one pope comes along and makes a statement that some can reasonably interpret as "2+2=4", others can reasonably interpret as "2+2=5 in certain cases", and someone asks for clarification as to what it really was he meant to say, how is that "hypocrisy and self-idolatry?" Especially coming from folks who attacked the two past popes and told us they were just some old men in Rome whose teaching we could disregard if it suited us and that doing so was an exercise in being "prophetic"? Is it really too much to ask for clarification if 2+2=4 or if we are now to believe 2+2=5 in certain cases? Is it unreasonable to not have to hear this from proxies or in unofficial channels?