The ever-changing unchanging church of Rome has struck again. This isn’t about adulterous Catholics and communion. It is about the recent development of the Pope’s thoughts about capital punishment. The Pope, having the spine of a jellyfish and the Biblical knowledge of Richard Dawkins, has come to the conclusion that it is “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person”.
There is yet another way to eliminate others, one aimed not at countries but at individuals. It is the death penalty. Saint John Paul II stated clearly and firmly that the death penalty is inadequate from a moral standpoint and no longer necessary from that of penal justice.[246] There can be no stepping back from this position. Today we state clearly that “the death penalty is inadmissible”[247] and the Church is firmly committed to calling for its abolition worldwide.
The papacy and the death penalty
Ross Douthat on the death penalty vis-a-vis Francis
The Council 