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By Dr. Jules Gomes, The Stream, May 23, 2025
Dr. Jules Gomes (BA, BD, MTh, PhD) has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.
Pontiff approvingly cites moral theory posited by Chicago cardinals, demonstrating continuity with Pope Francis
Pope Leo XIV has affirmed an “interconnectedness” between abortion and the death penalty in a powerful endorsement of the “seamless garment” ethic of life propounded by Cardinal Joseph Bernadin, the former archbishop of Chicago.
Statements Leo made upon receiving an honorary doctorate in October 2023 from the Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo in Chiclayo, Peru, where he was presiding as Bishop Robert Prevost, surfaced late Wednesday.
“A Catholic cannot truly claim to be ‘pro-life’ by maintaining a stance against abortion while simultaneously advocating in favor of the death penalty,” he declared. “Such a position would lack coherence with Catholic social teaching.”
Citing Bernadin, he observed that issues from “genetic research, abortion, capital punishment, [and] modern warfare to the care of the terminally ill” are “fundamentally rooted in one essential Catholic principle: the loss of even a single human life is a profoundly significant event.” …
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