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The room is located in Vatican City, to the left of the altar of the Sistine Chapel, and contains three different sizes of papal outfits (large, medium, and small), for the new pontiff to choose from and initially dress in. [4] [5] [1] It also contains seven piled white shoe boxes, which are assumed to contain various sizes of the papal shoes. [6]
Many came from families that had long served the Papal Court over the course of several centuries, while others were appointed as a high honor, one of the highest the papacy conferred on Catholic laymen (often prominent politicians or wealthy philanthropists). They were originally selected from members of Italian royal and aristocratic families.
Over the 20th and 21st centuries the Church has clarified that the death penalty should only be handed out when and where it is necessary to protect society. Since 2018, the Church officially teaches that the death penalty is not necessary and is therefore inadmissible. Additionally, "she works with determination for its abolition worldwide" [4]
The Pope's ordinary dress (also called house dress), which is worn for daily use outside of liturgical functions, consists of a white cassock with attached pellegrina and girded with a fringed white fascia (often with the papal coat of arms embroidered on it), a pectoral cross suspended from a gold cord, red papal shoes, and a white zucchetto.
Newsom's refusal to impose the death penalty could hurt him politically if he runs for president. As a Catholic, however, the governor's decree is in line with the church and the pope’s teachings.
Dulles argues that the Church teaches that punishments, including the death penalty, may be levied for four reasons: [22] Rehabilitation – The sentence of death can and sometimes does move the condemned person to repentance and conversion. The death penalty may be a way of achieving the criminal's reconciliation with God.
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Vatican officials seemed OK with the shocking premise of the film, Straughan adds, as well as its portrayal of a conclave's political machinations. "We didn't want to be toothless in our approach ...