Francis Changes Catechism - Believes That The Church Was Wrong Until He Came
Pope Francis has attempted to "change" the Catechism to definitively oppose the death penalty. Vatican.va (August 2) published a new text declaring that “the Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel …More
Pope Francis has attempted to "change" the Catechism to definitively oppose the death penalty.
Vatican.va (August 2) published a new text declaring that “the Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel” that the death penalty is “inadmissible” in all cases. There is no evidence that the Gospel deems the death penalty to be inadmissible as such.
Rom 13,1-7 definitely recognises the power of the government to institute capital punishment where appropriate.
Francis contradicts the teaching of the Bible and the Church that the death penalty is in itself morally legitimate, independently from the question of whether, in a concrete situation, it is practically opportune to perform it.
In an explanatory letter, Cardinal Luis Ladaria, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, calls the wrong teaching an “authentic development" of doctrine that is allegedly "not in contradiction with the prior teachings of the Magisterium.”
This is another example of why Francis pontificate cannot …More
Vatican.va (August 2) published a new text declaring that “the Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel” that the death penalty is “inadmissible” in all cases. There is no evidence that the Gospel deems the death penalty to be inadmissible as such.
Rom 13,1-7 definitely recognises the power of the government to institute capital punishment where appropriate.
Francis contradicts the teaching of the Bible and the Church that the death penalty is in itself morally legitimate, independently from the question of whether, in a concrete situation, it is practically opportune to perform it.
In an explanatory letter, Cardinal Luis Ladaria, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, calls the wrong teaching an “authentic development" of doctrine that is allegedly "not in contradiction with the prior teachings of the Magisterium.”
This is another example of why Francis pontificate cannot …More
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Ranjith recently said he does not think the State should bring back the death penalty, but he did not entirely dismiss it, in line with what the Catechism used to teach. He gave current example of criminals peddling drugs from prison, killing young lives