Vatican denounces Williams's execution ("negation of human dignity")

[UrbScotty]

California's execution of Stanley Tookie Williams on Tuesday outraged many in Europe who regard the practice as barbaric, and politicians in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's native Austria called for his name to be removed from a sports stadium in his hometown.

At the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI's top official for justice matters denounced the death penalty for going against redemption and human dignity.

"We know the death penalty doesn't resolve anything," Cardinal Renato Martino told AP Television News. "Even a criminal is worthy of respect because he is a human being. The death penalty is a negation of human dignity."

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-europe-williams-execution,0,4309893.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[hedgehog]

1. How many bishops will denounce this in a letter to the parishes?

[Rich Hunt]

2. uh-huh

Look how this story gets buried, on a board where people were calling for the guy's blood.

[meow2u3]

3. Only Opus Dei favors the death penalty

Just ask Scalia. He's more Catholic than the Pope :sarcasm: