Pope Francis on Monday
reiterated the Catholic Church's condemnation of the death
penalty, on On the "Cities for Life Day", recalling the first
abolition of the death penalty by a European state, decreed by
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor of Habsburg-Lorraine in 1786 for
his Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
"We recall that not even the murderer loses his personal dignity
and God Himself is the guarantor of that," Francis tweeted on
the day that the participating cities show their commitment for
life and against the death penalty.
"The firm refusal of the death penalty shows how far it is
possible to recognise the inalienable dignity of every human
being".
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