Doesn’t matter that the pope is against the death penalty. The long-standing tradition of the Church is that the death penalty is not wrong, if applied justly.
There is nothing immoral about executing murderers, however, I don’t want our government to have the power to execute people. I don’t trust prosecutors with this power. All too often they pick a vulnerable person, ram the case through, and execute him all for the higher glory of their career.
Keep in mind that the Pope is not necessarily focused on the U.S. use of the death penalty, where the justice system is more reliable.
Rather, he is focused on the world at large, and the hope for repentance of the sinner.
——There is nothing immoral about executing murderers, however, I don’t want our government to have the power to execute people. ——
So what entity should carry out justice ?
Vigilant groups ?
“All too often they pick a vulnerable person, ram the case through, and execute him all for the higher glory of their career.”
Given the above article, and many other cases like those, and the very few actual executions due to bleeding heart liberals and the “justice” system they’ve co-opted (always crying for the murderer rather than the victim) - how often does your scenario actually happen?
If God was against the death penalty then why did Jesus pay it for us? The death penalty is NOT antichristian or anti God.