Should the European Pope excommunicate all Catholic USA Supreme Court justices?

Question

Isn't it time for the European Catholic Pope to put the match to the heretic stake and publicly excommunicate all the USA Catholic Supreme Court justices who have affirmed such ideas as religious tolerance, birth control, and abortion?

European Catholic justices comprise the main religion of the current USA Supreme Court.

Answer 1

Even if he did, so what?

The judges on the SC are determining our law from our constitution which was written by deists and freemasons.

There is a separation of church and state, and as long as religion doesn't play a role in their decisions, they are doing their jobs.

Answer 2

+ The Pope +

Although the Pope was born in Europe, he is not "the European Pope." He is the Catholic Pope.

Only about 26% of the over one billion Catholics in the world live in Europe.

In 2002, the Catholic population was 1,070,315,000:
+ 137,428,000 in Africa
+ 534,339,000 In America (North and South)
+ 110,234,000 in Asia
+ 279,915,000 in Europe
+ 8,399,000 in Oceania

+ Religious Tolerance +

The Catholic Church seeks and supports the freedom of religion for all human beings.

In the Vatican II document, Declaration on Religious Freedom, Dignitatis Humanae (Human Dignity), the Church states:

The human person has a right to religious freedom. This freedom means that all men are to be immune from coercion on the part of individuals or of social groups and of any human power, in such wise that no one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his own beliefs, whether privately or publicly, whether alone or in association with others, within due limits.

For the entire document, see: http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651207_dignitatis-humanae_en.html

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 3

There is no such thing as a "European Pope." Upon appointment the pope becomes the universal bishop of the catholic church as well as the bishop of Rome.

Second, the pope does not need to excommunicate anyone in that regard. All people who procure or aid the abortion process are latae excommunicae... they self eliminate their state of grace in the church and are automatically excommunicated.

Answer 4

I think Justice Scalia and Pope Benedict see eye to eye on many issues, the difference being Justices are bound by precedents and the Constitution.

BTW European Pope? Last I heard the Pope was head of the entire Catholic church.

Answer 5

I am for the death penalty in cases of cold blooded murder. You kill someone unarmed unprovoked that is cold blooded murder. You kill your spouse in their sleep it is even more serious than the last instance as they trust you. I do not believe in the death penalty for cases such as a gang member who kills another gang member in a gang fight. I also don't support the death penalty for cases of revenge. If a woman is raped and then she is so upset that she buys a gun and kills her rapist. She should go to jail yes, but not get the death penalty. I also don't believe the death penalty should be focused only on a certain group like Blacks or Whites. It should be applied equally.

I'm not against abortion especially in cases of rape. A woman should not be forced to carry her rapist's child.

The pope by condemning condoms is condemning many people in the third world who are not smart enough or rich enough to disobey their priest. As a result the third world has a much higher rate of AIDS infections than European Countries and Canada and The United States does.

Answer 6

I'm told the Catholic Church of Europe is a bit more liberal than America's. Pope Benedict is more of a hard line Catholic than most of his fellow countrymen that are Catholic.

Answer 7

who's the eurpoean pope? there is only one pope. the justices are upholding the law. they have to live within the law and uphold it - they do not have to ascribe to it themselves personally. BTW, birth control is a choice. you wan tto use it you can easily switch denominations. same with abortion. all denominations i know of - particularly Catholics promote religious tolerance.

Answer 8

Why not, lets start all over and not just there include the house and Senate. We are all mixed up in this world of politics.

Answer 9

Judges should not let their religious views interfere with their job, which is upholding the law.

The problems start when judges begin to interpret the law (Roe v. Wade, for example).

Answer 10

Please explain to me....the death penalty is bad; but abortion is good? uh...Supreme Court is not voting according to religious values but as lost liberal judges...