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Monday, October 5th, 2020
Pope Francis Social Encyclical: ‘Fratelli Tutti’ was launched at the Vatican, Sunday 4 October, 2020. The document focuses on fraternity and social friendship as the ways to build a better, more just and peaceful world – with the contribution of all: people and institutions. The official summary follows, with a link to download the full Read more
Tags: Borders, Charity, Death penalty, Forgiveness, Fratelli Tutti, Globalism, Human fraternity, kindness, Love, Marketplace, migrants, Peace, Politics, Pope Francis, Religious freedom, War, Weapons
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on Fratelli Tutti – Summary of Francis Encyclical – on the fraternity and social friendship
Monday, October 5th, 2020
October 4, Pope Francis signed his new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti during a visit to Assisi. The encyclical calls for a new kind of politics and emphasises social friendship as a way to build a more just and peaceful world. It encourages the contribution of all people and institutions and seeks to build a global movement Read more
Tags: Borders, Charity, Death penalty, Forgiveness, Fratelli Tutti, Globalism, Human fraternity, kindness, Love, Marketplace, migrants, Peace, Politics, Pope Francis, Religious freedom, War, Weapons
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Thursday, November 21st, 2019
As Pope Francis beging the thirty-second trip of his pontificate Nov. 19 to Thailand and Japan, he will once again be visiting nations where Catholics are a small minority. In both countries, there’s one Catholic for every 200 people, as opposed to roughly one for five in the United States. The Nov. 19-26 trip will Read more
Tags: Death penalty, Japan, Peace, Pope Franics, sex tourism, Suicide, Thailand, Thailand and Japan 2019
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Thursday, July 18th, 2019
A group of Mercy sisters has been honored by the New Hampshire Coalition Against the Death Penalty for the key role they played in making New Hampshire the 21st state in the country to abolish the death penalty. Sisters Eileen Brady, Mary Ellen Foley and Madonna Moran received the recognition on behalf of their community Read more
Tags: Death penalty, Mercy Sisters
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Thursday, June 20th, 2019
Murtaja Qureiris, the 18-year-old who had been facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, has been spared execution and sentenced to 12 years in prison, according to a source familiar with the matter. The source told CNN that Qureiris, who was arrested at the age of 13 by Saudi authorities, could be released by 2022. Read more
Tags: Death penalty, Murtaja Qureiris, Saudi Arabia
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Thursday, September 20th, 2018
The death penalty is likely for three top Muslim clerics in Saudi Arabia. Rights activist claim the clerics are facing charges of promoting an extremist agenda. The clerics’ prosecution and possible execution is unusual in Saudi Arabia where religious leaders are usually seen as untouchable. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been taking strong action Read more
Tags: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Death penalty, Muslim clerics, Saudi Arabia
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Thursday, August 9th, 2018
For those who often saw the cardinal archbishop of Buenos Aires at anti-death penalty gatherings in the years before he became pope, his move to formally change official church teaching on the issue will have come as no surprise. The official Vatican declaration that “the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on Read more
Tags: Cathechism, Death penalty, Pope Francis
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on The pope is right: the death penalty has no place in Catholicism
Thursday, August 9th, 2018
Pope Francis has changed the catechism to ensure the church’s opposition to the death penalty is clear. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) is of universal importance to Catholics, the change will spread the church teaching about capital punishment throughout the world. It will also require Catholics to work towards abolishing the death Read more
Tags: Catechism of the Catholic Church, Death penalty, Pope Francis
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Thursday, May 24th, 2018
Leading Catholics in terrorism-plagued Indonesia have criticized prosecutors who demanded the death sentence for the terrorist allegedly behind a deadly spate of suicide bombings and attacks against police that have left many dead. Continue reading Related Posts:Terrorist who beheaded teacher given hero’s funeralChristchurch imam suggests France copy NZs…Indonesian archbishop joins mosque groundbreaking ceremonyNorth Korean gulag prisoners Read more
Tags: Death penalty, muslim extremists
Posted in Asia Pacific, News Shorts | Comments Off on Indonesian Catholics want mercy for terrorist