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The Pope, the Bible and the death penalty
SIR – Greg Whelan (Letter, September 14) claims to be “mystified” by the widespread concern about Pope Francis’s reversal of the teaching of the Church on the subject of the death penalty.
He reminds us that the Church has “changed its mind” about the best punishment for various offences. However this is hardly the matter at issue. The crimes he mentions, such as fornication, are still condemned by the Church as grave sins. What Pope Francis appears to be claiming is the discovery of a new grave sin, that of using the death penalty, even when it might be considered most appropriate.
