https://freerepublic.com/tag/deuteronomy5v17/ en-us Mon, 22 Feb 2016 05:07:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3400126/posts Pope Francis has called on Catholic leaders to seek a ban on the death penalty exclaiming that 'Thou shall not kill applies to the guilty as well as the innocent'. Speaking to thousands at St. Peter's Square, in the Vatican, the Pontiff asked politicians around the world to make 'a courageous and exemplary gesture' during the Church's current Holy Year. He said: 'I appeal to the consciences of those who govern to reach an international consensus to abolish the death penalty... The London Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3400126/posts#comment Mon, 22 Feb 2016 05:07:43 GMT