Jesus was wrongfully accused and sentenced to death. The death penalty is so wrong on so many levels. 1) we are taking the place of God by deciding who lives and who dies 2) we are denying people decades in which they could repent and make reparation for their sin 3)we could make a mistake and there is no way of bringing someone back from the dead 4) it is about vengeance and against God's command to love our enemies and to forgive our neighbor...
The Bible does sanction the millstone treatment against those who lead children astray. Moreover, Biden's commuting of death sentences is yet another one of his craven political ploys.
"While we hold out hope for the president’s repentance in the interests of his immortal soul, his administration has pursued policies of implacable hostility to many core Catholic teachings, not least to the sanctity of human life. The sincerity of invoking faith only now would be rightly called into question - especially since the Church does not teach that public officials have a duty to subvert duly enacted death penalty laws. Moreover, the president’s oath to the Constitution contains no exceptions for conscience. If he cannot discharge the duties of his office for religious reasons, Biden should resign." - National Review Editors
Americans are kind of obsessed with death penalty... If the Church now clearly teaches it shouldn't be used, that should be enough. No need for pointless speculations.
As a Catholic I cannot disagree more with this decision.
Jesus was wrongfully accused and sentenced to death. The death penalty is so wrong on so many levels. 1) we are taking the place of God by deciding who lives and who dies 2) we are denying people decades in which they could repent and make reparation for their sin 3)we could make a mistake and there is no way of bringing someone back from the dead 4) it is about vengeance and against God's command to love our enemies and to forgive our neighbor...
The Bible does sanction the millstone treatment against those who lead children astray. Moreover, Biden's commuting of death sentences is yet another one of his craven political ploys.
"While we hold out hope for the president’s repentance in the interests of his immortal soul, his administration has pursued policies of implacable hostility to many core Catholic teachings, not least to the sanctity of human life. The sincerity of invoking faith only now would be rightly called into question - especially since the Church does not teach that public officials have a duty to subvert duly enacted death penalty laws. Moreover, the president’s oath to the Constitution contains no exceptions for conscience. If he cannot discharge the duties of his office for religious reasons, Biden should resign." - National Review Editors
Of course you can and should forgive. Does that rule out punishment for crime. The thief on the cross went to paradise. He still suffered the cross.
Americans are kind of obsessed with death penalty... If the Church now clearly teaches it shouldn't be used, that should be enough. No need for pointless speculations.
EWTN has truly lost the plot