[St.Chuck]

Scalia unwittingly becomes an agent for the culture of death with those remarks. So much for his "serious thought."

[foghornleghorn]

No, his thought is quite serious. The Catholic Church does NOT teach that capital punishment is sinful, only that it must be used in no instance that is not "extreme". The "rare case" attitude to capital punishment is not a magisterial teaching of the Church, only the strong recommendation of the current pope, and as such should not be taken lightly. But on this issue, unlike, say, abortion, there is room for dissent. Scalia is perfectly within his rights as an observant Catholic. The business about the Church being "captured" by Freud and his ilk is, I am sure, what annoyed Dulles. That's pretty harsh, although the modernist influence is widespread in some circles of the Church, particularly in the U.S.

I can sympathize with Scalia's frustration.

[stimulate]

The culture of death? Scalia is only demanding that judges follow the rule of law. It's up to congress to make laws.It's up to judges to uphold them.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Scalia unwittingly becomes an agent for the culture of death with those remarks. So much for his "serious thought."

I'm assuming that you are joking here. If not do you also think that God is an "agent for the culture of death." There are a LOT of references to death as the proper punishment in the Bible.