Has Francis's Error on the Death Penalty "Matured" to the point of being Pertinaciously a Heresy?

St. Thomas Aquinas says "[I]f not pertinaciously, then he is not a heretic, but only one who errors." (Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy Between 500 and 1500, St 2-2 q.5)

In Latin pertinacious means "perversely persistent."
(Vocabulary.com)

Pope Francis appears to want to be perversely persistent in pushing the error that the death penalty is "inadmissible" with his newest statement that his contradiction of Church teaching is "matured" church teaching.

Thomist theologian Peter Kwasnieski said on Francis's contradiction of Catholic teaching:

"Whether Francis is a formal heretic - that is, fully aware that what he is teaching on capital punishment is contrary to Catholic doctrine, and proves pertinacious in maintaining his position in spite of rebuke - is a matter to be adjudicated by the College of Cardinals."
(LifeSiteNews, "Pope's change to Catechism contradicts natural law and deposit of Faith," August 2, 2018)

Cardinal Raymond Burke doesn't it appear about time to issue the Dubia Cardinal's correction or any cardinal out there maybe the death penalty correction?

Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church.

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