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Friday, October 27, 2017

POPE DENOUNCES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

POPE DENOUNCES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 
BY DAVID CLOUD
SEE: https://www.wayoflife.org/friday_church_news/18-43.php;
 
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(Friday Church News Notes, October 27, 2017, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Speaking to an audience convened to mark the 25th anniversary of the New Catholic Catechism on October 11, Pope Francis denounced the death penalty as “an inhumane measure” and “contrary to the Gospel” (“On the death penalty,” Boston Globe, Oct. 18, 2017). He said that “church doctrine” has been wrong on this issue for “2000 years.” In 2016, the pope called for “a world free of the death penalty” (“Pope Francis calls for,” Crux, Jun. 21, 2016). Instead of renouncing the papacy itself and a thousand other Roman Catholic heresies that are stated in the New Catholic Catechism, the misguided pope chooses to renounce something that is plainly supported by Scripture. The Catholic Church long abused the death penalty by putting Bible-believing Christians, Jews, and others to death under the Inquisition, but an abuse of a good thing does not destroy its value. The death penalty for heinous crimes is both justice and a deterrence. “Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man” (Romans 9:6). But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil” (Romans 13:4).