Boston bombings: Cardinal O'Malley warns of 'culture of death'
Photo - The police officer and the 3 innocent victims that were killed by the 2 terrorists in Boston
Boston bombings: Cardinal O'Malley warns of 'culture of death'
BOSTON -- Boston’s Catholic archbishop marked the city’s renewed sense of community after the marathon bombings but warned of the “culture of death” that led to the tragedy, calling on the faithful to “build a civilization of love.”
At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley offered Sunday’s Mass, which was attended by the city’s police commissioner, “for the repose of the souls” of those who died as a result of Monday's bombing and the manhunt for its alleged perpetrators.
In his homily, O’Malley said it was difficult to understand “what demons were operative” in the minds of brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev or their politics “or the perversion of their religion.”
“Forgiveness does not mean that we do not realize the heinousness of the crime. But in our own hearts when we are unable to forgive we make ourselves a victim of our own hatred,” he said. “Obviously as a Catholic I oppose the death penalty, which I think is one further manifestation of the culture of death in our midst.”
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Boston bombings: Cardinal O'Malley warns of 'culture of death'
BOSTON -- Boston’s Catholic archbishop marked the city’s renewed sense of community after the marathon bombings but warned of the “culture of death” that led to the tragedy, calling on the faithful to “build a civilization of love.”
At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley offered Sunday’s Mass, which was attended by the city’s police commissioner, “for the repose of the souls” of those who died as a result of Monday's bombing and the manhunt for its alleged perpetrators.
In his homily, O’Malley said it was difficult to understand “what demons were operative” in the minds of brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev or their politics “or the perversion of their religion.”
“Forgiveness does not mean that we do not realize the heinousness of the crime. But in our own hearts when we are unable to forgive we make ourselves a victim of our own hatred,” he said. “Obviously as a Catholic I oppose the death penalty, which I think is one further manifestation of the culture of death in our midst.”
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