Pope Francis visits the University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy – 17 Feb 2017 (Rex Features via AP Images) Pope Francis has amended the Catechism of the Catholic Church to reject the death penalty. Whether this is an appropriate Catholic stance is for Catholics to decide. But the complete elimination of the death penalty would undermine […]
NY Governor Cuomo: Let’s Abolish The Death Penalty Because The Pope Says So! Um, How About Abortion?
August 4, 2018 by
On Thursday evening, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo responded to the Pope’s new position opposing the death penalty. Pope Francis’s new draft of the catechism states, “The Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that ‘the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person,’ and […]