Quotes of the Day
Monday, Sep. 06, 2010
The Church's position against the death penalty is well known and stoning is a particularly brutal form of it.
- FEDERICO LOMBARDI,
- a spokesperson for the Vatican, announcing it was in contact with Tehran over the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. The Vatican said it was using "diplomatic channels" to intervene in the case
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