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David Allen Bawden (September 22, 1959 – August 2, 2022), [1] who took the name Pope Michael I, was an American conclavist claimant to the papacy.Bawden believed that the Catholic Church had apostatized from the Catholic faith since Vatican II, and that there had been no legitimate popes elected since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958.
In cases where excommunication is reserved for the apostolic see, only the bishop of Rome (the pope) has the power to lift the excommunication. Before 1869, the church distinguished "major" and "minor" excommunication; a major excommunication was often marked by simply writing, "Let them be anathema " in council documents.
Pope Innocent I in his letter Ad Exsuperium, Episcopum Tolosanum (PL 20, 495) defended the death penalty: [11]. It must be remembered that power was granted by God, and to avenge crime the sword was permitted; he who carries out this vengeance is God's minister [Romans 13:1–4].
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.
As Vatican City is a sacerdotal-monarchical state ruled by the Pope, who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church, its laws are influenced by Church teaching. Giovanni Battista Bugatti , executioner of the Papal States between 1796 and 1865, carried out 516 executions (Bugatti pictured offering snuff to a condemned prisoner in ...
Francis is a vocal advocate against the death penalty and changed the Catholic Church's teachings in 2018 to specifically call for a ban on the practice. Pope Francis appeals for US to commute ...
Gio. Francesco Pace di Venanzio, bludgeoned to death, his throat was then slit and he was quartered at the Ponte Sant'Angelo, convicted of killing a Jew and of robbery (March 15, 1802). Domenico Zeri, bludgeoned to death and his throat was then slit in Fermo, convicted of his father's murder (April 3, 1802).
The governor said he was struck by the pope's support for what Newsom described as a difficult decision to issue a moratorium on the death penalty and close California's execution chambers in 2019.