Posted on 01/10/2023 6:07:08 PM PST by marshmallow
Pope Francis now has made numerous comments directly contradicting the Catholic teaching about the permissibility of the death penalty.
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis has once again contradicted Catholic teaching regarding the permissibility of the death penalty, claiming that it is “always inadmissible since it attacks the inviolability and the dignity of the person.”
The 86-year-old Pontiff made the claim in his annual meeting with the diplomatic corps of ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, otherwise known as his state of the world address.
His lengthy speech was divided into sections, with his critique of the death penalty falling under the section entitled “peace in truth.”
Death penalty ‘always inadmissible’
Francis made his comments against the death penalty as part of his list of instances where the “right to life” was “threatened.” He stated:
The right to life is also threatened in those places where the death penalty continues to be imposed, as is the case in these days in Iran, following the recent demonstrations demanding greater respect for the dignity of women. The death penalty cannot be employed for a purported State justice, since it does not constitute a deterrent nor render justice to victims, but only fuels the thirst for vengeance.
Continuing, the Pontiff issued a direct call to abolish the death penalty, arguing that it is “always inadmissible since it attacks the inviolability and the dignity of the person.” Francis declared:
I appeal, then, for an end to the death penalty, which is always inadmissible since it attacks the inviolability and the dignity of the person, in the legislation of all the countries of the world. We cannot overlook the fact that, up until his or her very last moment, a person can repent and change.
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When is Frankie From Argentina actually going to read the BIBLE?
I bet you he will support the death penalty for conservatives.
Francis is a Commie, Jim....
He clearly likes Nazis...Wouldnt want any of them to die...They murdered the Jews...OH WELL.......
Can you Catholics find a better Pope?
This ignorant, one lunged dummy thinks we are buying his bullshit. He’s the King Charles of Catholics.
I think you are unfair to Charles.
How else to bring some of these hard-hearted criminals to repentance, reversion/conversion, absolution, salvation?
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