The Pope is a leftist agitator. Eliminating the death penalty in the States has been a leftist cause.
He is talking about the States.
The Pontiff is, sadly, showing his DemonRAT colors. I believe his background is from a country steeped in a fascist/communist political philosophy. On the other hand, the anti-Catholic lamestream media is possibly taking his words out of context or perhaps wrongly translating them. If so, I retract my statement about the DemonRAT/fascist/communist tendencies of the Pope.
That's why he wrote it in Spanish and penned how it was a tool for political oppression. A huge problem here... Or maybe a huge problem in South American countries where Spanish is the primary language. Something like that... Quick, someone check and see if the Pope has a hotline to Hillary!