Every Oct. 10 is dedicated to reflecting upon the abolition of the death penalty, a sentence that Pope Francis declared inadmissible.<\/p>\n
THE DEATH PENALTY IS INADMISSIBLE<\/ins> Point 2267 of the Catechism stated that the Church did not exclude capital punishment if it was \u201cthe only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.\u201d Although it also noted that such cases \u201care very rare,\u201d it legitimized the application of this \u201cacceptable, albeit extreme, means of safeguarding the common good.\u201d<\/p>\n Now the Catholic Church does not allow for the death penalty in any case.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> THE CHURCH'S COMMITMENT \u201cThere can be no stepping back from this position. Today we state clearly that 'the death penalty is inadmissible' (...)\u201d (Fratelli Tutti, 263). <\/em><\/p>\n The pope says it's a fight for all of society. On top of abolishing the death penalty, it's a call to improve prison conditions. It also defines a life sentence as \u201ca secret death penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n EVERY LIFE IS SACRED<\/ins><\/p>\n In 2015, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to give a speech at the United States Congress, the institutional heart of the country where the death penalty is still allowed in 29 states. He encouraged U.S. bishops in the fight against this sentence.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS \nDaniel D\u00edaz Vizzi October 9, 2020. \u201cNo matter how serious the crime, the death penalty is inadmissible because it's an attempt against inviolability and dignity,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":46178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/I8NLPNEaRuQ","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpenadimorteng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpenadimortint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nOn this point, in 2018, Pope Francis authorized the modification of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cHowever serious the crime committed may have been, the death penalty is inadmissible because it undermines the inviolability and dignity of the person.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nAlong the same lines, in his latest encyclical, \u201cFratelli Tutti,\u201d Pope Francis dedicates six points to the issue of capital punishment. He makes it clear that:<\/p>\n
\nSept. 24, 2015 (U.S. Congress)<\/strong>
\n\u201cI am convinced that this way is the best, since every life is sacred.\u201d
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\nHe said that a just and necessary punishment must never exclude hope nor rehabilitation as an objective. According to international organizations, there has been a decrease in the application of this sentence in recent years. In 2019, Amnesty International registered 657 death penalty executions in 20 countries.<\/p>\n
\nTranslation: CT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"