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| CONSIGLIATE IL PAPA SULLA PENA DI MORTE. HA FATTO UN ERRORE. Pubblichiamo il seguente pubblico appello ai Cardinali della Chiesa cattolica riguardo alla modifica del Catechismo introdotta da Papa Francesco sulla inaccettabilità della pena di morte. L'appello è stato segnalato il 15 agosto 2018 su Stilum Curiae il sito del vaticanista Marco T<osatti Presentazione
di Marco Tosatti
“First Things”, uno dei più importanti se non il più importante sito cattolico indipendente degli Stati Uniti pubblica oggi un appello, firmato da numerose personalità del mondo accademico, religioso e culturale, rivolto ai cardinali della Chiesa romana perché consiglino il Pontefice regnante di ritirare dal Catechismo la variazione aggiunat qualche giorno fa in tema di pena capitale. Stilum Curiae è lieto di riproporre ai suoi lettori questo appello. Vi consigliamo inoltre di leggere l’articolo del prof. Roberto de Mattei su questo argomento, pubblicato da “Corrispondenza Romana”. Ecco il testo, in italiano e in inglese, dell’appello e una prima lista di firmatari.  Appello in italiano Alle Reverendissime Eminenze, i Cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Dal momento che
è una verità contenuta nella parola di Dio, e insegnata
dal magistero ordinario e universale della Chiesa cattolica che i
criminali possono legittimamente essere messi a morte dal potere civile
quando ciò sia necessario per preservare il giusto ordine nella
società civile, e dal momento che il presente Romano Pontefice
ha più di una volta manifestato il suo rifiuto di
insegnare questa dottrina, e ha invece portato una grande confusione
nella Chiesa sembrando contraddirlo, e inserendo nel Catechismo della
Chiesa Cattolica un paragrafo che farà sì, e già
sta facendo sì che molte persone, sia credenti che non credenti,
suppongano che la Chiesa consideri, contrariamente alla parola di Dio,
che la pena capitale è intrinsecamente malvagia, noi facciamo
appello alle Vostre Eminenze affinché consiglino Sua
Santità che è suo dovere porre fine a questo scandalo, e
ritirare questo paragrafo dal Catechismo, e insegnare la parola di Dio
senza adulterazioni; e osiamo dichiarare la nostra convinzione che
questo è un dovere che Vi impegna seriamente, di fronte a Dio e
di fronte alla Chiesa.
Appello in inglese To their Most Reverend Eminences, the Cardinals of the holy Roman Church Since it is a truth
contained in the word of God, and taught by the ordinary and universal
magisterium of the Catholic Church, that criminals may lawfully be put
to death by the civil power when this is necessary to preserve just
order in civil society, and since the present Roman pontiff has now
more than once publicly manifested his refusal to teach this doctrine,
and has rather brought great confusion upon the Church by seeming to
contradict it, and by inserting into the Catechism of the Catholic
Church a paragraph which will cause and is already causing many people,
both believers and non-believers, to suppose that the Church considers,
contrary to the word of God, that capital punishment is intrinsically
evil, we hereby call upon Your Eminences to advise His Holiness that it
is His duty to put an end to this scandal, to withdraw this paragraph
from the Catechism, and to teach the word of God unadulterated; and we
venture to state our conviction that this is a duty seriously binding
upon Yourselves, before God and before the Church.
I primi firmatari
Dr Hadley Arkes, Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions emeritus at Amherst College; founder and director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights & the American Founding, Washington D.C. Dr Joseph Bessette, Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Government and Ethics, Claremont McKenna College James Bogle Esq., TD MA Dip Law, barrister (trial attorney), former President FIUV, former Chairman of the Catholic Union of Great Britain Fr John Boyle JCL Patrick Brennan, Professor of Law and John F. Scarpa Chair in Catholic Legal Studies, Villanova University Dr J. Budziszewski, Professor of Government and Philosophy, University of Texas Dr. Isobel Camp, Professor of Philosophy, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy Fr Michael Gilmary Cermak MMA Fr. Linus F Clovis, Ph.D, JCL, M.SC., STB Dr Travis Cook, Associate Professor of Government and Political Philosophy, Belmont Abbey College Dr Cyrille Dounot, Professor of Legal History, Université Clermont Auvergne; ecclesiastical lawyer, ecclesiastical court of Lyon Dr Patrick Downey, Professor of Philosophy, St. Mary’s College of California Dr Eduardo Echeverria, Professor of Philosophy and Theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary Dr Edward Feser, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Pasadena City College Dr Alan Fimister, Assistant Professor of Theology at St John Vianney Theological Seminary, Denver Dr Luca Gili, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Université du Québec à Montréal Fr Brian Harrison OS STD Associate Professor of Theology (retired), Pontifical University of Puerto Rico Fr John Hunwicke, Former Senior Research Fellow, Pusey House, Oxford Dr Peter Koritansky, Professor of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada Dr Peter Kwasniewski, independent scholar and author Dr John Lamont STL DPhil. (Oxon.) Fr Serafino M. Lanzetta STD Dr Robert Lazu, Independent Scholar and Writer Professor Roberto de Mattei, Former Professor of the History of Christianity, European University of Rome, former Vice President of the National Research Council (CNR) Dr Brian McCall, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Director of the Law Center, Orpha and Maurice Merrill Professor in Law, University of Oklahoma Fr Paul McDonald, parish priest of Chippawa, Ontario Dr Stéphane Mercier, former lecturer in Philosophy at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) Dr Robert T. Miller, Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law Fr Alfredo Morselli, SSL, parish priest in the diocese of Bologna Maureen Mullarkey, Senior Contributor, The Federalist Fr Gerald Murray, JCD, Pastor, Church of the Holy Family, New York, NY Fr Reto Ney Dr Lukas Novak, Lecturer in Philosophy, Faculty of Theology, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice Dr. Thomas Osborne, Professor of Philosophy, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas Dr Michael Pakaluk, Professor of Ethics, Busch School of Business and Economics, Catholic University of America Dr Paolo Pasqualucci, retired Professor of Philosophy, University of Perugia, Italy Dr Claudio Pierantoni, Professor of Medieval Philosophy in the Philosophy Faculty of the University of Chile Thomas Pink, Professor of Philosophy, King’s College London Rev Andrew Pinsent, DPhil, PhD, Research Director, Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford Dr Donald S. Prudlo, Professor of Ancient and Medieval History, Jacksonville State University Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P., Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley, California Fr. George W. Rutler, Pastor, Church of Saint Michael the Archangel, New York City Matthew Schmitz, Senior Editor, First Things Dr Joseph Shaw, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Benet’s Hall, Oxford University Dr. Michael Sirilla, Professor of Dogmatic and Systematic Theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio Fr Glen Tattersall, Parish Priest, Parish of Bl. John Henry Newman, archdiocese of Melbourne; Rector, St Aloysius’ Church Dr Joseph Trabbic, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Ave Maria University, Florida Prof. Giovanni Turco, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Public Law at the University of Udine; Corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas Dr Michael Uhlmann, Professor in the Division of Politics & Economics, Claremont Graduate University Fr John Zuhlsdorf (torna
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agosto 2018 AL PONTIFICATO DI PAPA FRANCESCO |