text: Pope Paul was protecting the reputation of the Papacy for infallibility. His attempt did more to damage that authority than conceding that Pius XI was ill-informed (as well as his predecessors). Instead, he told Catholic heterosexuals exactly what the Curia thought about their sexuality. The Curia assumes personal holiness and tradition is behind their views. It is not. It is their own personal sexual peculiarity, asexuality, that informs their views. HV let their freak flag fly in a way the laity could not ignore, so instead the laity ignored Paul and Otavanni. Clear enough?
  Doubt this? Compare the Platonic/Augustinian/Aquinian/Pauline (both Saint and Pope) sexual ideal with what asexuals say about themselves and professionals say about them. It will astound you. I am not denigrating their sexuality at all. I merely want them to realize it is theirs and not mine or God’s.