This nonsense would be laughable were it not for Francis’ occupancy of the Chair of St. Peter, which he has been abusing with ever greater recklessness.
Francis concludes his diatribe with an exhortation to world leaders to “take the necessary steps toward the total abolition of the death penalty.” But never, absolutely never, has he exhorted world leaders to take the necessary steps toward the total abolition of abortion, which really is a radical violation of the right to life and can never be justified under any circumstances.
What is to account for this telling disparity? The answer, as Ed Faust has so trenchantly observed, is that Francis is not so much a Pope as he is a Leftist ideologue. Thus, as Faust explains: “we have the Pope telling us now that the holy season of Lent offers us an opportunity to liberate the plants and animals from the bondage imposed upon them by our sins. The Pope does this because the Pope is a Leftist. He serves the globalist agenda…. We can be certain that so long as Francis has the papal bully pulpit, he will use it to subordinate the Faith to the rising power of globalist rule. Heaven help us, because Rome won’t.”
I am by no means an apologist or a theologian. I, however, do believe in the death penalty for murder. (I live in Texas).
I have an issue that I can’t understand. People get tatoos. And somewhere in the OT is says not to mark the body. Today, this is justified because that was the old law and we are under the new law (New Testament). Now, how is this different than the law referenced in the article dealing with the death penalth? Is there any reference in the NT dealing with the issue?
He may be squatting in it ... but does he legitimately hold the office it represents?
Who's the Pope?