August 05th, 2018

​Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.” The Church in the past followed the reasoning of Thomas Aquinas who postulated that a murderer lost his human dignity and therefore, lost his right to life. But the question does not regard human dignity. If that be the question, then we are judging, are we not. Rather the question regards love of neighbor. We are to love all as we love ourselves. All life is created by God including human life. If abortion, murder and euthanasia are wrong, then the death penalty is wrong. Pope Francis made the right decision.