Posted on 03/21/2015 10:39:37 AM PDT by cleghornboy
(Vatican Radio) "Capital punishment is cruel, inhuman and an offense to the dignity of human life. In today's world, the death penalty is "inadmissible, however serious the crime" that has been committed. That was Pope Francis’ unequivocal message to members of the International Commission against the death penalty who met with him on Friday morning in the Vatican." See here.
God's Holy Word tells us: "Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience." Romans 13: 1-5.
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I have stopped being surprised by anything that comes out of the mouth of this Pope.
So is it okay or not to rebel against the death penalty when it’s imposed by those in authority who must always be obeyed?
This Pope confuses me.
If the Pope were correct, why didn’t Jesus save the lives of the criminals who were hanging on crosses on either side of Him at Golgotha?
Pope Paul VI referred to Vatican II when he said that the ”smoke of Satan” having entered the Church.
With Francis’ opening to Marxist liberation theology we can paraphrase Pope Paul VI.
According to Pope Francis: no crime ever deserves the death penalty.
Pope Francis is a dissident of the teachings and Magisterium of the Church. His first step as Pope was to legitimize the Marxist liberation theology, a perversion of the Gospels proscribed by His Holiness John Paul II, and Pope Benedict XVI following the precedent s of repudiation of that diabolical ideology set by all the Popes since the end of the XIX century.
The position of the Church on the death penalty is also clear including the legitimization of the tyrannicide. St. Thomas Aquinas gave the most substantial argument for tyrannicide. He based his position on his arguments for just war and capital punishment. St. Thomas concluded, “He who kills a tyrant (i.e. an usurper) to free his country is praised and rewarded” (In 2 Sentences, 44.2.2).
Certainly, a Pope that gave moral support for president Obama to keep afloat the Cuban tyrants would not “praise and reward” a patriot who would ultimate the genocides of the Cuban people.
To delve deeper on this matter:
Does the Church Condone Tyrannicide?
FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
Is there a Blogpimpum Fidei?
Lousy president; lousy pope.
Strangely enough, though, the Vatican’s official paper, L’Osservatore Romano, came out in favor of “terminal sedation,” which even the French were fighting (although it did pass, alas). This allows doctors to sedate a terminally ill person and withhold food and water. In other words, a cruel euthanasia, but since the person is sedated, we won’t hear and be made uncomfortable by them begging for water.
So I guess you have a right to life and humane treatment only if you’re a convicted killer.
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