ROME — Pope Francis congratulated California Gov. Gavin Newsom on his refusal to carry out the death penalty and for the state’s leadership in fighting climate change, the governor’s office reported.
“I was impressed with how quickly he brought up the issue of the death penalty and how proud he is of the work we’re doing in California,” Newsom said. Said after meeting with the pope at the Vatican on May 16. “I was shocked by that, because I didn’t expect anything like that, especially in the context of this meeting.”
Immediately after Newsom took office in 2019, issued He issued an executive order temporarily moratorium on executions and ordered the dismantling of the execution chamber at San Quentin State Prison.
“Intentionally killing another person is wrong, and as governor, I will not oversee the execution of any individual,” Governor Newsom said in a statement. “Our country’s death penalty system has been a failure no matter how you look at it.”
Los Angeles Times He praised Governor Newsom’s actions, and said that as a Catholic, “the Governor’s orders are in line with the teachings of the Church and the Pope.”
continue, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision overturned Roe v. WadeGovernor Newsom said, holy war This is to defend abortion rights, as the Catholic Church considers abortion to be murder.
Just two days after the court’s Dobbs ruling, Newsom declared He said California “will continue to be a safe haven for all women seeking reproductive health care services.”
Billboards advertising abortion services in California recently appeared on Gervais Street in Columbia, South Carolina. The ad was paid for by California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. (Zack Koeske/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty)
Not satisfied with pro-abortion efforts in his own state, Newsom plans to have pro-abortion billboards erected in South Dakota, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas in 2022 to promote abortion. He denounced restrictive laws and proposed making California an abortion sanctuary.
Pope Francis invited Governor Newsom to the Vatican last week to speak at a climate change summit, along with New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hockle, Boston Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts Democratic Governor Maura Healey.
“There is no greater authority than moral authority, and the Pope’s leadership on the climate crisis inspires us all to go further and go faster. I am humbled to travel to the Vatican to join the Pope’s call for climate action,” Newsom said. Said.
In his speech at the Vatican, Newsom demonized the fossil fuel industry and Donald Trump while holding up California as a model for how the fight against climate change should be fought.
Former President Donald Trump “just last week had a group of oil executives come together to discuss his election,” Newsom said. Said. “And he asked them for $1 billion to roll back the Biden administration’s environmental progress, the environmental progress we’ve made over the last half-century. It’s blatant corruption.” continued.
“We’re going to spend a billion dollars to poison our state, poison our country, poison our planet and blatantly roll back progress,” he added.
