The full post;

The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment: effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption. #NoDeathPenalty

Obviously, the Bible has enough crazy stuff in it that you can justify whatever you want. But these people are all very invested in getting angry over this post for some reason. It is like their "Christianity" is just about worshipping authority and giving themselves permission to do whatever they want.

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[–] 52 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't get why these people don't just become protestants or whatever. Like is their entire access to catholicism seriously just the aesthetic vibes? Thinking the pope wrong about shit is a solved problem ffs.

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  • [–] 39 points 1 day ago

    Inertia mainly

    You live your whole life as a "Catholic", doing whatever, being a real sack of crap, then your leader reminds you that you actually have a moral obligation and it all slams into a wall of cognitive dissonance

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  • [–] 31 points 23 hours ago (1 child)

    You have to understand, one of the main motivation/enforcement mechanisms of Catholicism is the guilt/shame about what dead women relatives would think of their actions and decisions. The idea that grandma Valentina would be so distraught over them leaving the church keeps them in line.

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  • [–] 11 points 20 hours ago

    It's funny cause I was pulled aside at my grandmother's funeral by a group of my blood relations and told practically the same exact words. My blood relations, for the record, were Italian Roman Catholics. People wonder why I hate Catholicism. It's really not hard to see why, especially being LGBTQIA+.

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