"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'. 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. He said: 'All Christians and men of good will are
called on to work not only for the abolition of the death penalty, but also to
improve prison conditions so that they respect the human dignity of people who
have been deprived of their freedom.' In the past, the pope also denounced life
imprisonment, calling it 'a hidden death penalty' and saying that more should be
done to try to rehabilitate even the most hardened of criminals.
Read more. [Mike Gendron Comment] Once again, the pope shows either his ignorance of God's Word or his unwillingness to submit to its authority. Before the law was given, God established and ordered capital punishment upon any man who took another man's life unlawfully. His infallible Word declares: "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image" (Gen. 9:6). By divine authority, the government has the right and responsibility to inflict capital punishment (Rom. 13:1-4; Acts 25:11)." Pro-Gospel.org
Also see:
God and The Death Penalty by Bob Enyart
