What does it mean for the Church that the Pope is infallible?

Question:

If Catholic popes are infallible, as you say, how can they contradict each other? Pope Clement XIV condemned the Jesuits in 1773, but Pope Pius VII favored them again in 1814.

Answer:

When Catholics say popes cannot contradict each other, we mean they cannot do it when they teach infallibly, not when they make disciplinary and administrative decisions. The example you cited is a case of the second and not the first.

Pope Clement XIV did not "condemn" the Jesuits in 1773, but suppressed the order, that is, he "turned it off". Because? Because the Bourbon princes and others hated the success of the Jesuits. They put pressure on the pope until he relented and suppressed the order. Even so, the decree that the pope signed did not judge or condemn the Jesuits. He simply listed the charges against them and concluded that "the Church cannot enjoy true and lasting peace as long as the Society remains in place."

As you have noticed, Pope Pius VII restored the order in 1814. Was Clement's suppression of the Jesuits an error? Did you demonstrate a lack of courage? Perhaps, but the important thing to note here is that it was not about papal infallibility in any way