Phillip Adams on Pope
Good article by Adams in today's Australian:
This brawling between reactionary theology and secular consensus in a pluralist society was balanced, however, by the Pope's profound opposition to the death penalty. This despite its popularity with many of the same US Christians - the best-known being the born-again President - who stridently oppose abortion and any form of euthanasia. (Throw the switch but don't pull the plug!) It was the Catholic nun who has spent more time on death row than most convicted murderers, as crusader and friend to the doomed, who persuaded her boss to speak out more strongly on the issue. Sister Helen Prejean convinced the Pope to oppose the death penalty in any circumstances.
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