From Our Shepherds:
Pastoral Statements on the Death Penalty
"Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. For example, if a Catholic were to be at odds with the Holy Father on the application of capital punishment or on the decision to wage war, he would not for that reason be considered unworthy to present himself to receive Holy Communion."
Pope Benedict XVI
- Connecticut bishops ask governor to support death penalty repeal
- Denver Archbishop Chaput credited for Death Penalty Repeal in CO
- Bishop Robert Lynch: Praises Gov. Richardson for changing position on the death penalty and hopes that with Church counsel he will change his position on abortion
- Archbishop Chaput: Let’s end the death penalty, now
- U.S. Bishops Urge New Mexico Governor to Sign Repeal of the Death Penalty
- Archbishop Roger Schwietz: The death penalty is unjustified in civil society
- Florida Bishops Asking to Close Down Death Row
- Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Death Penalty Collaborates with U.S. Bishops, Abolition Groups
- Washington bishops say ‘no moral justification’ for upcoming execution
- Catholic Bishops of Florida Urge Governor Crist to Halt Executions Florida Catholic Conf
- Bishops to Gov. Crist, ‘set a new standard of respect for life’ Florida Catholic
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