tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post115145341987281965..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: Brew City Brawler--Wrong on the FactsDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1151574390883398972006-06-29T04:46:00.000-05:002006-06-29T04:46:00.000-05:00Now if the bishops would quote the Catechism when ...Now if the bishops would quote the Catechism when denying pro-abort politicians the Eucharist, or censuring errant theologians at catholic universities, we'd be getting somewhere.<BR/> Yes, we should respect the right of State to do what is permitted it, but we should not be cheerleaders for it when it conflicts with our Faith. D'ya get that, Sen. Kerry?Brother Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697860817229595126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1151543353435351592006-06-28T20:09:00.000-05:002006-06-28T20:09:00.000-05:00Xoff, one day you'll get it right...Xoff, one day you'll get it right...Neo-Con Tastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745380266734620292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1151519143189274782006-06-28T13:25:00.000-05:002006-06-28T13:25:00.000-05:00Read it carefully, X.What the Bishops did NOT quot...Read it carefully, X.<BR/><BR/>What the Bishops did NOT quote was the part which STILL allows the death penalty.<BR/><BR/>It so happens, by the way, that I agree with our Wisconsin Bishops. While it is licit to administer the DP, I don't think Wisconsin needs it--not by a long shot.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1151517561123328762006-06-28T12:59:00.000-05:002006-06-28T12:59:00.000-05:00Today's letter from the bishops may have some rele...Today's letter from the bishops may have some relevance:<BR/><BR/>Wisconsin Bishops, June 2006<BR/><BR/>Dear Brothers and Sisters, <BR/><BR/>1. We are writing to ask that you affirm Wisconsin’s 153-year commitment to human life by voting “NO” on the upcoming advisory referendum to restore the death penalty.<BR/><BR/>2. We oppose the death penalty because we value human life, even when that life might seem unworthy to us. For Catholics, being “pro-life” means protecting life at all stages, from conception to natural death. A selective approach that values human life only in certain circumstances is inconsistent with who we are as a people of faith.<BR/><BR/>3. It is true that in the past the Church accepted the death penalty. But such use of lethal force by the state was strictly conditioned and limited. The Catechism of the Catholic Church now states that if “non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people’s safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and more in conformity with the dignity of the human person.” (# 2267) That was the point Pope John Paul II made in his 1995 letter, The Gospel of Life (# 56). "Today," the Pope concluded, "as a result of steady improvements in the organization of the penal system, such cases are very rare, if not practically non-existent."xoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846380556286798188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1151464262501319012006-06-27T22:11:00.000-05:002006-06-27T22:11:00.000-05:00X--the answer is Yes.X--the answer is Yes.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1151460642133432212006-06-27T21:10:00.000-05:002006-06-27T21:10:00.000-05:00Dad29 is absolutely correct on the point.Dad29 is absolutely correct on the point.M.Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17019301238333072406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1151459800127226302006-06-27T20:56:00.000-05:002006-06-27T20:56:00.000-05:00Are you infallible when ruling ex blogedra?Are you infallible when ruling <EM> ex blogedra?</EM>xoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846380556286798188noreply@blogger.com