Bergoglian Confusion: Pope Against Pope

Bergoglio/Fernández: “The death penalty violates the inalienable dignity of every person, regardless of the circumstances. In this regard, we must recognize that the firm rejection of the death penalty shows to what extent it is possible to recognise the inalienable dignity of every human being and to accept that he or she has a place in this universe. If I do not deny that dignity to the worst of criminals, I will not deny it to anyone.”

John Paul II (Evangelium Vitae): “Punishment ought not go to the extreme of executing the offender except in cases of absolute necessity: in other words, when it would not be possible otherwise to defend society.”

John Paul II's Catechism of the Catholic Church: “[Scripture and] the traditional teaching of the Church has acknowledged as well-founded the right and duty of the legitimate public authority to punish malefactors by means of penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crime, not excluding, in cases of extreme gravity, the death penalty.”

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GTVisrockin
Betya if there was a hanging noose Bergoglio would have used it on this poor soul.
Liam Ronan
"Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve." Luke 22:3,John 13:27
Liam Ronan
Francis' position on the death penalty is heretical. Buy and read (2017) "By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment" by Edward Feser, Joseph Bessette
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Abbé Jean-Marie du Divin Coeur de Jésus
How much are you being paid to promote books on gloria.tv? Is the commission good? 😂 😂 😂
Liam Ronan
@Abbé Jean-Marie du Divin Coeur de Jésus A most uncharitable and wholly erroneous insinuation from an Abbé. The laugh is on you in the end Abbé.
Ann Smith
Yep, praises the abortionist Emma.
CatMuse
He praised Emma Bonino. Nuff said!
Hugh N. Cry
Francis who?
Opera 369
Many, unwilling or unknowingly, are 'aiding" Bergoglio to continue on his path of doctrinal destruction, by asserting that Bergoglio "is just the continuation"... of the REAL POPES - FROM Paul VI to Benedict XVI. It's just manipulation and psychological abuse...gaslighting if you will.
John A Cassani
Even John Paul II’s stance is problematic, because it seems to reject that punishment for crime is an end, in and of itself, in the realm of criminal justice. That a man is capable of sinning in such a way that his mortal life is forfeit speaks to his great (though, certainly not infinite) dignity.
Maria delos Angeles
Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all evildoers from the city of the Lord. (Ps. 101:8).”—The Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent, 1566, Part III, 5, n. 4.
chris griffin
@Maria delos Angeles....there are still hundreds of abortionists in the USA.
Liam Ronan
@chris griffin I'm not sure I get the point you are trying to make.
Maria delos Angeles
The exact opposite is true. The Death Penalty actually affirms peoples' dignity, to deny it them is to deny their dignity for thereby they are shown the opportunity to repent and take responsibility for their crimes, meeting the requirements of the measure of God's Justice, which might be death if what they did is that severe. “But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain …More
The exact opposite is true. The Death Penalty actually affirms peoples' dignity, to deny it them is to deny their dignity for thereby they are shown the opportunity to repent and take responsibility for their crimes, meeting the requirements of the measure of God's Justice, which might be death if what they did is that severe. “But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience.”—Rom 13:4-5. If they think they might be meeting their death within a short period of time they might have greater incentive to convert. If the worst you can do to the person is incarcerate them for the rest of their life, and they are fed 3 meals a day etc. they might not have that same sense of urgency to take responsibility and atone for their wicked deed.
Liam Ronan