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For Catholics, the conditions have only been met a few times for statements about the Christian faith.
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Ex Cathedra translates from Latin as "from the chair". Chair was a symbol of the teacher in the ancient world.
The statements have to be conformable with Sacred Scripture and Apostolic Traditions, and must be statements concerning faith or morals.
They cannot be new doctrines.
For Catholics, the conditions for an infallible statement from the pope have only been met a few times over the course of two thousand years.
===Reference===
Papa infallibility
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_infallibility#:~:text=The%20doctrine%20of%20infallibility%20relies,to%20as%20speaking%20ex%20cathedra.