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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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[–] 14 points 23 hours ago (7 children)

I'm not a Catholic but isn't the pope supposed to be Gods Representative on Earth? Isn't Papal Supremacy and Papal Infallibility still a thing? Maybe it's my quasi-protestant upbringing but I was led to believe Catholics received their marching orders from the Pope in Rome. I thought the hierarchical church was Catholicisms whole deal, and what he says goes

Maybe the pope needs to go back to excommunicating these heretics

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  • [–] 10 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

    iirc papal infallibility only comes into play in specific circumstances, it's not just "everything the pope says is gospel"

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  • [–] 9 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

    Specifically, papal infalability is invoked by the Pope himself. If he doesn't say "I am speaking with papal infallibility" then there is no claim to infallibility being made.

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