I am with Bernice here.
"Pope Francis has declared the death penalty wrong in all cases".
Surely he's got to tell us how he arrived at the decision. He must have
consulted the Holy Spirit who must have been no doubt busy and only free in
2018 to advise the pope.
It will be odd though if the Protestants take a different view on the death
penalty. Catholics should then coolly dismiss their Holy Spirit as less
powerful.
And, as usual, we Black & Brown Catholics are assumed to be brainless and
have to wait for all weighty decisions from the Wise White man of Rome.
Eddie
-----Original Message-----
From: Bernice Pereira
Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2018 12:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [Goanet] Pope Francis Declares Death Penalty Unacceptable in
All Cases (NYT)
Don’t agree in the context of what is happening in the world today.
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On 09-Aug-2018, at 2:44 PM, Goanet Reader <[email protected]> wrote:
Pope Francis Declares Death Penalty Unacceptable in All Cases
Pope Francis said that the
Roman Catholic Church would
work "with determination" for
the abolition of capital
punishment worldwide.
Credit Alessandra
Tarantino/Associated Press
By Elisabetta Povoledo and Laurie Goodstein
Aug. 2, 2018
ROME -- Pope Francis has declared the death penalty wrong in
all cases, a definitive change in church teaching that is
likely to challenge Catholic politicians, judges and
officials who have argued that their church was not entirely
opposed to capital punishment.
