Pope Francis_ No Crime Ever Deserves the Death Penalty
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Pope Francis: no crime ever deserves the death penalty 20150320 Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) Capital punishment is cruel, inhuman and an offense to the dignity of human life. In today's world, the death penalty is "inadmissible, however serious the crime" that has been committed. That was Pope Francis’ unequivocal message to members of the International Commission against the death penalty who met with him on Friday morning in the Vatican. Listen to Philippa Hitchen’s report: In a lengthy letter written in Spanish and addressed to the president of the International Commission against the death penalty, Pope Francis thanks those who work tirelessly for a universal moratorium, with the goal of abolishing the use of capital punishment in countries right across the globe. Pope Francis makes clear that justice can never be done by killing another human being and he stresses there can be no humane way of carrying out a death sentence. For Christians, he says, all life is sacred because every one of us is created by God, who does not want to punish one murder with another, but rather wishes to see the murderer repent. Even murderers, he went on, do not lose their human dignity and God himself is the guarantor. 1:52
Pope Francis_ No Crime Ever Deserves the Death Penalty
Pope Francis: no crimeever deserves the
deathpenalty20150320VaticanRadio
(Vatican Radio) Capital punishment iscruel, inhuman and an
offense to thedignityofhuman life. In today'sworld, thedeath
penalty is "inadmissible, howeverserious the crime" that has
beencommitted. That was Pope Francisunequivocal message to members
of the
In a lengthy letter written in Spanish and addressed to the
president of theInternational Commission against the death penalty,
Pope Francis thanks
thosewhoworktirelesslyforauniversalmoratorium,withthegoalofabolishingtheuseofcapitalpunishmentincountriesrightacrosstheglobe.
PopeFrancismakesclearthatjusticecanneverbedonebykillinganotherhumanbeing
and he stresses there can be no humane way of carrying out a
deathsentence. ForChristians, he says, all life is sacred because
every one of us
iscreatedbyGod,whodoesnotwanttopunishonemurderwithanother,butratherwishestoseethemurdererrepent.Evenmurderers,hewenton,donotlosetheirhumandignityandGodhimselfistheguarantor.
Capital punishment, Pope Francis says, is the opposite of divine
mercy, whichshould be the model for our manmade legal systems.
Death sentences,
heinsists,implycruelanddegradingtreatment,aswellasthetorturousanguishofalengthy
waiting period before the execution, which often leads to sickness
orinsanity.
ThePopealsocondemnstheuseofthedeathpenaltybytotalitarianregimesorfanatical
groups who seek to exterminate political prisoners, minorities,
oranyoneseenasathreattopoliticalpowerandambitions.
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