Changes

=== Capital punishment ===

=== Capital punishment ===

Pope Francis changed the catechism to oppose [[capital punishment]] in all cases, despite a 2000-year history of the Church supporting it in certain cases.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (August 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/08/02/pope-francis-amends-catechism-declares-capital-punishment-inadmissible/ Pope Francis Amends Catechism, Declares Capital Punishment ‘Inadmissible’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 2, 2018.</ref><ref>Kwasniewski, Peter (August 2, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/pope-francis-change-to-catechism-contradicts-natural-law-and-the-deposit-of Pope’s change to Catechism contradicts natural law and the deposit of Faith]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved August 2, 2018.</ref> [[Saint Augustine]] supported [[capital punishment]], [[Saint Thomas Aquinas]] supported it, and [[Jesus]] never said anything against it despite clear opportunities to do so including its application to Him. Jesus was [[Crucifixion|crucified]] alongside [[Saint Dismas]] and a fellow criminal, and Saint Dismas said the death penalty for them as criminals was deserved.

Pope Francis changed the catechism to oppose [[capital punishment]] in all cases, despite a long history of the Roman Catholic church supporting it in certain cases,<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (August 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/08/02/pope-francis-amends-catechism-declares-capital-punishment-inadmissible/ Pope Francis Amends Catechism, Declares Capital Punishment ‘Inadmissible’]. ''Breitbart News'' Retrieved August 2, 2018.</ref><ref>Kwasniewski, Peter (August 2, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/pope-francis-change-to-catechism-contradicts-natural-law-and-the-deposit-of Pope’s change to Catechism contradicts natural law and the deposit of Faith]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved August 2, 2018.</ref> but in agreement with the teachings of former pope [[John Paul II]].<ref>[https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/distinctly-catholic/death-penalty-change-francis-builds-john-paul-iis-teaching With death penalty change, Francis builds on John Paul II's teaching]</ref> The old catechism of 1992 stated: "Assuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor," (note of the editor: And that is as shown by multiple cases where DNA analysis proved the innocence of people on death row, that even the condition ''fully established'' cannot be fulfilled. And if the second condition were fulfilled that would be a shame to the system of any developed country: A country must have a stable system were murderers cannot get out of prison prematurely (or at all when it's a life sentence) - unless their verdict a rightfully overturned).

 

[[Saint Augustine]] supported [[capital punishment]], [[Saint Thomas Aquinas]] supported it. Jesus was [[Crucifixion|crucified]] alongside two rebels (''gospel according to [[gospel of Mark|Mark]] and [[gospel of Matthew|Matthew]]''), and according to the ''gospel according to [[gospel of Luke|Luke]]'' one of them said that the death penalty for them as criminals was deserved as opposed to the unjust treatment of Jesus.

=== Climate change ===

=== Climate change ===