Welcome to Wisdom Wednesday. The plan to televise a firing squad killing a man in a wheelchair draws condemnation from religious leaders of many faiths. The planned event — along with the botched execution in Tennessee — also surfaces wide discussion of the death penalty. Some very strong opinions this week. We report them, not support them. First, though, what we can learn from Pope Leo’s surgery.
Following recent harrowing developments in the application of the death penalty across the United States, the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP) issues an urgent call to the national conscience to reject state-sanctioned execution.
We give thanks to God always for all of you. . .increasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance. . . — 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
