Death Penalty
Capital Punishment: How Pope Leo Chose Heresy Over The Church
Leo XIV has publicly rejected the teaching of the Catholic Church that capital punishment is legitimate under certain conditions. This teaching, having been proposed for our belief by the universal ...
“Rome Has Spoken, Logic Is Finished”
There is a passage from Book Gamma of the Metaphysics that one always rereads with a rather uncharitable smile. Aristotle, weary of those who denied the principle of non-contradiction, decrees ...
Leo’s Death Penalty Heresy Takes Flight
So what are we supposed to believe? That Scripture, the Fathers, the Doctors, the Roman Catechism, and centuries of Catholic rulers all endorsed something intrinsically contrary to the dignity of ...
Pope Leo and the Death Penalty Charade
Popes since John Paul II have created the impression in the minds of many Catholics—and many outside the Catholic Church—that the Church believes the death penalty to be intrinsically immoral ...
The Horns of the Death Penalty Dilemma
NOTE: This article, originally published in 2023, is being posted now in response to Pope Leo's equivocation of the death penalty to abortion. In his annual meeting with the diplomatic ...
Pope Leo Smothers Pro-Lifers in the ‘Seamless Garment’
Well, the mystery man has taken off his disguise. Like traumatized children who hope that their mama’s new boyfriend won’t beat them as much as the last one, Catholics greeted ...
Viganò: Leo’s Response to Durbin Scandal Proves ‘Seamless Garment’ Poison Still Infects Church
When asked about the appropriateness of giving the Archdiocese of Chicago’s “Keep Hope Alive” award to Senator Dick Durbin – a member of the Woke Radical Left and a notorious ...
Pope Leo Fails To Condemn Durbin Lifetime Achievement Award
Leo reiterated some of the same talking points Cupich used to justify Durbin's award. Pope Leo XIV responded to controversy over the Chicago cardinal’s plans to honor a Catholic U.S ...
A Sin Today, but Not Tomorrow: The Curious Doctrine of Pope Francis
“Today it is a sin to possess atomic bombs; the death penalty is a sin,” Pope Francis told a gathering of Jesuits in Lisbon earlier this month. These are stern, ...