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Three problems with Francis and capital punishment
Eduardo Echeverria, Catholic World Report
Thursday, October 19, 2017
There at least three reasons that Pope Francis cannot provide a Lérinian justification for the abolition of capital punishment as a matter of doctrinal development. Clearly, Francis’s position involves change and not progress. Thus, the pope will have to find another way to justify his call for abolishing the death penalty.