Pope Francis, who personally opposes capital punishment in any instance, has taken steps to change the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s teaching on the death penalty, likely leading to an absolute prohibition on capital punishment in Church teaching, America magazine reported Thursday. [...]
“Nowadays the death penalty is unacceptable, however grave the crime of the convicted person,” Pope Francis said, insisting that capital punishment “contradicts God’s plan for individuals and society, and his merciful justice.”
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