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Pope on death penalty: 'Thou shalt not kill' is absolute
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20160621_ap_26e2fb9745634a289db029e31bcfd555.html ^

Posted on 06/21/2016 12:32:44 PM PDT by Phillyred

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis is amplifying his opposition to capital punishment, saying it's an offense to life, contradicts God's plan and serves no purpose for punishment. In a video message to an anti-death penalty congress in Norway, Francis declared: "The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' has absolute value and applies both to the innocent and to the guilty."

Francis has gone beyond his predecessors and traditional Catholic teaching in saying there is simply no justification for the death penalty today. He said Tuesday that rather than rendering justice, it fosters vengeance. Church teaching allows for recourse to capital punishment when it is the only way to defend lives "effectively" against an aggressor.

Francis said: "It must not be forgotten that the inviolable and God-given right to life also belongs to the criminal."

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Why is it that leftists are the happiest whenever this Pope opens his mouth? The guy never has anything relevant to say when marriage is destroyed, Planned Parenthood gets away with murder and body parts selling, faithful Christians being persecuted and prosecuted in the US and murdered in the Islamic world, gender confusion and on and on. Barely one word uttered about it.
1 posted on 06/21/2016 12:32:44 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: Phillyred

Well, he’s going to have to re-write the Catechism then.


2 posted on 06/21/2016 12:34:28 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: Phillyred

I remember when we had a Pope who actually taught Catholicism, instead of whatever bizarre idea popped into his head today.


3 posted on 06/21/2016 12:34:54 PM PDT by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: Phillyred
So, did the Crusades merely imprison or tickle Moslems?
4 posted on 06/21/2016 12:34:59 PM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: Fido969

Dope Francis


5 posted on 06/21/2016 12:36:11 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Fido969

No, not really...it pretty much the same thing, considering modern capabilities and technologies.


6 posted on 06/21/2016 12:36:14 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Phillyred

I seem to recall hearing that all cultures had a death penalty in the past, including ones which followed the Ten Commandments. For much of history, people understand the prohibition to be of “murder,” not killing per se. How does the Pope justify war, then?


7 posted on 06/21/2016 12:36:34 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Phillyred
Francis said: "It must not be forgotten that the inviolable and God-given right to life also belongs to the criminal."

Me thinks this presbyter has never read the Bible.

8 posted on 06/21/2016 12:36:57 PM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: jacknhoo

It pretty much says the same thing, that is.


9 posted on 06/21/2016 12:37:33 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Phillyred; newgeezer
Pope on death penalty: 'Thou shalt not kill' is absolute

But you can take or leave the sodomy things.

10 posted on 06/21/2016 12:37:43 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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To: Phillyred

Francis is in direct opposition to God who commended Capital Punishment for civil justice.


11 posted on 06/21/2016 12:37:55 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Eddie01

+1


12 posted on 06/21/2016 12:38:06 PM PDT by bantam
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To: Phillyred
Pope on death penalty: 'Thou shalt not kill' is absolute,

I wish the pope would read and study the Bible once in a while. This is an untrue statement.

13 posted on 06/21/2016 12:39:01 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error)
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To: Phillyred

I thought the literal Hebrew translation was, “Shall not murder”.


14 posted on 06/21/2016 12:39:19 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: Phillyred

So, life means nothing to this Satan in disguise. Self-defense is against his idiocy.


15 posted on 06/21/2016 12:40:14 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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He's repealing the following command of God:

"Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man." (Genesis 9:6)

God authorized capital punishment and requires it.

16 posted on 06/21/2016 12:40:15 PM PDT by nonsporting
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"Me thinks this presbyter has never read the Bible."

If so he must have skipped the verse where God said, "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed."

17 posted on 06/21/2016 12:40:30 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: Eddie01

It’s a good thing I’m not Catholic, or I’d probably get excommunicated for what I call him.


18 posted on 06/21/2016 12:40:40 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: Phillyred

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3442251/posts

The Lord’s Judgment Will Not Be Delayed Forever – A Meditation on the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel

The Good Lord always provides a Good Pope. This one’s first name is Charles. ;-) Hold fast! He is coming quickly!


19 posted on 06/21/2016 12:40:59 PM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!e)
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To: Phillyred
There is certainly a time when its kill'n time, and there is a time to reach out and heal.
Having the wisdom to know the difference is the key.

Ecclesiastes 3 Ecclesiastes 3
New International Version (NIV) A Time for Everything


1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

20 posted on 06/21/2016 12:41:01 PM PDT by GregoTX
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