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Pope declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ in Catholic teachings
VATICAN CITY, Aug 2, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Pope Francis has declared the death
penalty “inadmissible” in an update of the most important guide to Catholic
teaching, the Vatican announced on Thursday.
“The Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that ‘the death penalty is
inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the
person’,” the Holy See said in a statement.
The change to the catechism, a question and answer guide to what Catholics
should think about a wide range of moral and social issues, also says that
the Church will “work with determination” for the abolition of the death
penalty worldwide.
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