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Dear Florida, whatever else, it’s not a charitable wish.
If anyone dislikes or disagrees with the Pope, the responsibility is to pray for charity, for wisdom, and also to pray for the Pope. The Holy Spirit is the divine Person responsible for the choice of Pope. We have to trust in the Holy Spirit, that whatever we believe, the Pope is following God’s wishes. What the Pope teaches and stands for may not be convenient, it may be hurtful to us in some way, this does not mean the Pope is wrong. Our understanding and responses have their own limitations, and as Jesus said, God’s ways and thoughts are far beyond ours.

"…Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to Judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to Judgment… " (Matthew 5:21-22).

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church

302 By recalling the commandment, "You shall not kill,"94 our Lord asked for peace of heart and denounced murderous anger and hatred as immoral.

vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a5.htm
 
Florida123 said:
Is wishing the Pope dead punnished by excommunication?
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Well, anger and malice-- wishing *anybody *dead-- is a sin against the Fifth Commandment. But, no, there is no canonical penalty for thoughts.

What kind of bizarre question is this?
 
Florida123 said:
Absolutely not!!! I was just curious if there were canonical penalties for those who did.
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There are canonical penalties associated with **actual **physical force against the Pope, bishops, or other religious, not thoughts.

Can. 1370 §1. A person who uses physical force against the Roman Pontiff incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See; if he is a cleric, another penalty, not excluding dismissal from the clerical state, can be added according to the gravity of the delict.

§2. A person who does this against a bishop incurs a latae sententiae interdict and, if he is a cleric, also a latae sententiae suspension.

§3. A person who uses physical force against a cleric or religious out of contempt for the faith, the Church, ecclesiastical power, or the ministry is to be punished with a just penalty.
 
Well if somebody wishes for the Pope, or anybody for that reason, to die, then they have a reason for it.

Now there is no good reason for wishing somebody to die, but you would essentially need to talk it out with them and steer them away from why they think that. They probably have some sort of problem with his height of power. So if you could explain to them why its necessary, maybe they would see things in a different perspective and quit being so mad.
 
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