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Redratfish
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I know the Church says that under VERY certain circumstances, a Catholic can support the death penalty. However, I am having trouble locating this in the Catechism. Can someone provide me where I can find this?
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ANNE_2
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CCC - " 2267 Assuming that the guilty party’s identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.
If, however, non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people’s safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and are more in conformity to the dignity of the human person.
Today, in fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of doing harm - without definitely taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself - the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity “are very rare, if not practically non-existent.”
scborromeo.org/ccc.htm
If, however, non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people’s safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and are more in conformity to the dignity of the human person.
Today, in fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of doing harm - without definitely taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself - the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity “are very rare, if not practically non-existent.”
scborromeo.org/ccc.htm
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Trishie
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catholicenquiry.com/life-and-death/what-is-the-church-s-position-on-the-death-penalty.html
We have the good fortune not to have this issue in Australia as the death penalty was nationally abolished many decades ago. The last execution was in the 1950s
We have the good fortune not to have this issue in Australia as the death penalty was nationally abolished many decades ago. The last execution was in the 1950s
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