The cart remains firmly in front of the horse, gentlemen.
Before we can rely on a life sentence to protect the innocent we must first have a judiciary that actually imposes a true life sentence.
Best argument against the death penalty is all the screw ups in Illinois. People got railroaded.
the bishops are currently in the middle of a several-year effort to reassess their whole approach to what priorities they should have as a bishops' conference
I guess it's a safe bet that no one from USCCB is lurking at FR.
"The children's Lectionary is adapted to the simpler vocabulary ... of preadolescent children.
"Simpler words are often substituted for many difficult or archaic terms found in the standard Bible translation approved for use in the liturgy in U.S. dioceses. For example, "abide" is changed to "stay," "abode" becomes "home," "at cockcrow" becomes "at dawn.""
The first time around it said, "She [Mary] placed him [baby Jesus] in a feedbox" (instead of "manger"). After widespread criticism, including a cartoon of some bishop singing "Away in a feedbox," it was changed back to "manger."