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Pope codifies change on death-penalty teaching, prepares for Ireland visit

Pope Francis’ revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church declaring the death penalty “inadmissible” in all circumstances, announced Aug. 2, should not have come as a huge surprise.

The right to life is not conditional

On Aug. 2, Pope Francis made news by revising the Catechism of the Catholic Church to say that capital punishment is “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.” This dignity persists, the revision continues, “even after the commission of very serious crimes.”

Cardinal Cupich says death penalty makes right to life 'conditional'

On the same day that Pope Francis revised the Catechism of the Catholic Church to say the death penalty is “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person,” Cardinal Cupich spoke about how Catholic teaching on the death penalty developed. Putting people to death — even criminals who are certainly guilty of terrible acts — makes it seem that the God-given right to life is conditional.

Pope revises catechism, says death penalty is 'inadmissible'

Building on the development of Catholic Church teaching against capital punishment, Pope Francis has ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to assert "the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person" and to commit the church to working toward its abolition worldwide.

Life and legacy of Tom Ullmann

Hundreds of people attended the funeral of my friend and neighbor of more than 20 years, Tom Ullmann. Rabbi Herb Brockman welcomed us, all brokenhearted, to Congregation Mishkan Israel by remarking on how fitting it was to remember Tom in the same sacred space in which the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had once preached about justice.

Death penalty is 'contrary to the Gospel,' pope says

The death penalty, no matter how it is carried out, "is, in itself, contrary to the Gospel," Pope Francis said.

Death-penalty nun talks to students about injustices

Death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean says young people are the most important group to edu...

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