Entries tagged with “Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople”
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,Oct 26, 2020
Orthodox Church Patriarch Calls Death Penalty Incompatible with Christian Beliefs
The leader of the world’s second largest Christian denomination has joined with the Roman Catholic Church in declaring the death penalty fundamentally incompatible with Christian teachings. In an interview with Vatican News on October 20, 2020, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, called opposition to the death penalty “the logical and moral consequence” of adherence to Christian principles of human…