Pope Benedict Calls for End to Death Penalty:
“I draw the attention of society’s leaders to the need to make every effort to eliminate the death penalty and to reform the penal system in a way that ensures respect for the prisoners’ human dignity.” (Benin, Nov. 19, 2011)
Why Eliminate the Death Penalty? And replace it with life imprisonment with no possibility of parole? Over 90% on death row could not afford their own attorney. Since 1973, over 140 persons have been released from death row with evidence of innocence. It is not a deterrent to murder. It is extremely expensive. Five states in the past five years have abolished the death penalty. For more than 30 years, the U.S. Catholic bishops have called for an end to the death penalty. Want the details behind these facts? Visit: http://tinyurl.com/CatholicDeathPenalty
The Catholic Layperson: Discipleship and the Pursuit of Justice.
Being a believer means that one lives a certain way -- walking with the Lord, doing justice, loving kindness, living peaceably among all people. Christian discipleship means practicing what Jesus preached. Discipleship is found in a relationship with Christ and a commitment to His mission of "bringing good news to the poor, liberty to captives, new sight to the blind and setting the downtrodden free." -- USCCB, Everyday Christianity: To Hunger and Thirst for Justice, http://tinyurl.com/HungerThirstJustice
Election 2012: Catholics Vote for the Common Good.
As Catholics who defend the sanctity of human life, we stand up for the unborn, the homeless, the inmate on death row, the environment and our neighbors suffering from hunger because all life is created in the image of God. Learn more about Catholic faithful citizenship at: http://commongood2012.org
Would you like to pursue a social justice project? The St. Michael Parish Social Concerns Ministry would like to help you to help others! Call Joanne, 443-1422.
Justice will dwell in the desert and righteousness live in the fertile field. --Isaiah 32:16
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