Capital Punishment

The Death Penalty Final Edition

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Understanding the Catechism Revision on the Death Penalty

. . .Is this new revision an exercise of papal infallibility. . .

. . .No. . .

by Jimmy Akin,

of Catholic Answers Magazine

Everything Happens for a Reason, the Death Penalty Change – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope Making a Mess of the Catechism, Especially on the Death Penalty – Fr. Martin Fox
The New Catechism Text Will Damage the Church – Edw. Feser Ph.D., Catholic Herald
Imagine No Religion, Too – Deacon James H. Toner, Crisis Magazine
A View on the Death Penalty to Offend Everybody – Richard M. Reinsch II, Law & Lbrty
St. Alphonsus: Public Authority is Given the Power to Kill Wrongdoers – Rorate Cæli
Development, Capital Punishment, & Dignitatis Humanæ – Korey D. Maas, Public Dscrs
Ask Tony: Did the CCC 2267 Rescript Change Catholic Doctrine? – A. Layne, Cthlc Stand
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The Death Penalty Monday Edition

Fr. Gil Martinez Chaplain for Out at St. Paul (Pic Credit: Joseph Sciambra)

Fr. James Martin’s Favorite LGBT Ministry Asks Pope Francis to Change the Catechism

. . .St. Monica’s in Santa Monica hosts St. Monica Catholic Community Gay & Lesbian Outreach (GLO) where former member Arthur Fitzmaurice once served as the Chair of Archdiocese’s Catholic Ministry with Lesbian & Gay Persons.  At the 2015 LA Religious Education Congress hosted by Archbishop Gomez, which repeatedly features Fitzmaurice as a speaker on LGBT issues, he openly criticized “The Catechism of the Catholic Church”. . .

by Joseph Sciambra

Cardinal Dulles’s Dubia – Michael Pakaluk, First Things
Let’s Be Careful in Our Charges Regarding the New Wording – Msgr. Charles Pope, CiM
Catechism & the Death Penalty: are Catholics Right to be Worried? – Dan Hitchens, CH
Church History: A Brief Review of Papal Lapses – Pt. A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., One Peter 5
CCC 2358 on Objectively Disordered Homosexual Inclinations – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope Pius XII: Death Penalty Not Conditioned by Historical Circumstances – Fr. Z’s Blog
Death Penalty Is Wrong But Not Intrinsically Evil or Infallible – Fr. Mt. P. Schneider L.C.
Latin of Change to CCC 2267 about Capital Punishment Now Available – Fr. Z’s Blog
Wrestling With Capital Punishment – Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register
A Little More on the New Catechism – P.J. Smith, Semiduplex
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FRIDAY MORNING EDITION

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Quæritur: If the Catechism Changes, Do I have to Believe It?

. . .at the very least Francis seems to have cut the legs out from under the authority of the Catechism, if not the Catholic Faith, by introducing something into that Catechism which seems to contradict the Church’s perennial teaching. . .

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
The New Catechism – P.J. Smith, Semiduplex
Pope Francis Has Exceeded His Authority on the Death Penalty – John Zmirak Ph.D.
The Dangerous Gay Hermeneutics of Eve Tushnet – Joseph Sciambra
A Popular Atheist Meme Gets Owned – Mike Flynn, The TOF Spot
The Heresy of “Don’t Judge” – Shane Schaetzel, Catholics Are Christian
USA: The “Great Decline” of Catholic Schools – Paul De Maeyer, Aleteia
Bp. Rn. Gainer Orders Names of Former Bishops Removed from Church Buildings – eP
Tho. Aquinas Col. Grad Pretty Normal, New Acquaintances Agree – (Satire) EOTT
10 Ways You Might Be Letting the Devil Slip In – Patti Maguire Armstrong, NC Register
How Will Faithful Catholics Thrive Under Secularism? – Fr. Armand De Malleray,
‘I Desire Mercy, Not Sacrifice’ – Paul Oakes, Catholic Stand
What a Catholic Economy Looks Like – John Horvat II, Crisis Magazine
Google is Giving $10,000 a Month to Catholic Non-Profits – Brice Sokolowski
The Ongoing Campaign Against Northern Ireland’s Pro-Lifers – K.V. Turley, NC Register
U.K. Supreme Ct. on Withdrawing Hydration Morally Wrong, Bishop Says – Cthlc Herald
The Saint Who Understood the Importance of Fashion! – Meghan Ashley Styling
Using Man’s Laws to “Serve Others in God’s Love” – Mary Pesarchick, Catholic Stand
March for Family Draws 200,000 Participants in Ecuador – The Eponymous Flower
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THVRSDAY LATE EDITION

A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment by Edward Feser, Ph.D., & Joseph M. Bessette (Pic Credit: Fr. Z’s Blog)

Pope Francis Changed the Catechism on the Death Penalty; What Next? Wherein Fr. Z Opines

. . .letter from the Prefect of the CDF Cardinal Ladaria, states that this is an authentic development of doctrine.  The Rescript provides the changes in major modern languages but has, inexplicably, excluded Latin. . .

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
See of Cupich: Chair of Catholic Gay Ministry to Wed Same-Sex Partner – J. Sciambra
Lincoln Diocese Attacks Whistleblower of Sex Abuse by Vocations Director – S. Skojec
Pope Changes Catechism to Say Death Penalty ‘Inadmissible’ – E. Pentin, NC Register
What is True About “Kids” (Regarding NY Times Article)? – Fr. Jam. V. Schall S.J., Crisis
Harrisburg Bishop Releases Names of 71 Accused Priests, Deacons, Seminarians – Reg
Fr. Peter Stravinskas Suggestions to Correct Our Catholic Identity – Fr. Z’s Blog
2 August Until Midnight: “Portiuncula” Plenary (or Partial) Indulgence – Fr. Z’s Blog
The “Padre Pio” of Brazil Who’s Younger Sister is St. Gianna Molla – Ph. Kosloski, Alet.
The Universal Church: Obscure Rule Puts This Bishop in Charge of the Moon – uCthlc
More Catholic Magazine Attacks on Salvini – Tancred, The Eponymous Flower
Google is Giving $10,000 a Month to Catholic Non-Profits – Brice Sokolowski
The Bread of Life Gives You Strength – St. Peter Julian Eymard, Catholic Exchange
Full Text of Letter of Epidemic of Homosexuality in Honduran Seminary – E. Pentin, Rg
Who is England’s Next Saint? – K.V. Turley, Catholic Herald
Facebook Censors Pro-lifers Exposing Company Hauling Away Baby Parts – S. Ertelt, LN
St. Alphonsus on the Need for Reverence in the Liturgy – Gregory DiPippo, New Lit Mov
The Importance of Liturgical Beauty – Shawn R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal
Will Fr. Kapaun’s Remains be Among Those Returned from No. Korea? – NC Register
Every Architectural Decision in the Church is a Theological Decision as Well – The CWR
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