The Church, as the proclaimer of the Gospel of Life, holds that every person, including the guilty, is made in the image of God and retains a dignity that cannot be erased by crime. Public execution turns the taking of life into a spectacle before a crowd, and a production for live-streaming, clips multiplied on social media, etc. As witnessed in the past, public executions tends to feed vengeance, curiosity, or contempt rather than restrained justice, and it exposed onlookers—especially the young—to a ritualized killing that blunts moral sensitivity.
The debate about capital punishment aside, broadcasting an execution is morally abhorrent. Courts in the U.S. have repeatedly blocked media requests to film civilian executions.
This is exhausting, if the laity want a church they can govern themselves they have about 40,000 to choose from, stop trying to corrupt the only Church Christ founded.
@WhiteHouse There’s a problem with fraudsters. But why is there a problem? It’s because everyone is at the gigantic, bottomless gov trough of taxpayer $$$s. Getting fatter and fatter. There’s the real problem. The federal gov is too damn big! Cut it down to size & the problem will be, too.
St Francis reminds us that true joy is not found in possessing more, but in loving more. When Christ becomes the center of our lives, even the simplest things become precious. May Francis teach us to live with grateful hearts, open hands, and a deep love for God and one another.
@VigilantFox “Over the past 100 years or so, socialist experiments around the world unleashed a vast tide of tyranny, starvation, and mass murder on a scale never seen before in human history.” And Mamdani laughs. Fuck @NYCMayor https://t.co/IB4Ws8yBKl
@LifeSite I think the Democrats decades-long love and promotion of killing children in the womb trumps trans nonsense as the reason to cast your vote for someone else.
@CurrentRevolt I don’t think a typical reader cares if it’s AI slop. That’s the real problem for real writers. I’ve been a working advertising copywriter for 30+ years, but all of a sudden, I can’t find work to save my life. AI slop is now acceptable.
@CurrentRevolt@BriscoeCain Yes. Now let’s give that same freedom to adults who want to partake in smokable hemp. It’s pretty damn hard to harm someone else with a plant. Just sayin’.