At the Academy of the Holy Cross, Cardinal Gregory says the triumph of Jesus’s cross contrasts with injustice of the death penalty
Celebrating Mass on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at the Academy of the Holy Cross, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory emphasized how Jesus’s cross is a sign of life and hope, but he contrasted that with the injustice of the death penalty in today’s world.
During his homily at the Sept. 14 Mass at the academy in Kensington, Maryland, Cardinal Gregory discussed how Pope Francis recently asked Catholics around the world to pray for the eradication of the death penalty. The cardinal noted that capital punishment has been “unjustly applied against many people” and “unfairly applied to the poor” and people of color.