Pope Francis yesterday called on
Catholic leaders worldwide to show “exemplary” courage by not allowing
executions this year, while expressing hope that eventually the death penalty
will be abolished everywhere, reported the Boston Herald.
Francis told tourists and pilgrims
in St. Peter’s Square that “the commandment ‘do not kill’ holds
absolute
value and applies to both the innocent and the guilty.”
He added that there is “an
ever-more widespread
opposition in public opinion to the death penalty, even
only as an instrument of
legitimate social defense.”
“I appeal to the conscience of
those who govern so that international consensus is reached for the abolishment
of the death penalty,” the pope said. “And I propose to all those among them who
are Catholic to make a courageous and
exemplary gesture: May no execution
sentence be carried out in this Holy Year of mercy.”
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