Catholics And Torture

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Pope JPII spoke often and with concern against capital punishment. Yet opinion polls indicated that his teaching on this moral problem was rejected by more than half of American Catholics.

The pope also opposed the war with Iraq without success.

Today’s NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER has a discouraging article about the feelings of American Catholics on use of torture. A survey by the Pew Research Center found that Catholics, more than the total population, approve use of torture.

Instead of showing love of neighbor and practicing turning the other cheek as Jesus taught, 56% of Catholics accept the doctrine of an eye for an eye. This is ten points higher than the total population. Only 26% of Catholics accept the official church teaching that torture is never justified.

Why are Catholics more inclined to violence than the general population in spite of the very clear teaching of the church?
 
Intentionally causing pain to anyone seems to me to be over the line as far as sin goes.
I know that the military has to get information during wars. But this does not make it not sinful.
Not to start on talk in this thread about the DP, but at least it is quick and done as painlessly as is possible in most cases. I know what it says in the catechism. I struggle with it often. And pray about it also.
 
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Instead of showing love of neighbor and practicing turning the other cheek as Jesus taught, 56% of Catholics accept the doctrine of an eye for an eye. This is ten points higher than the total population. Only 26% of Catholics accept the official church teaching that torture is never justified.

Why are Catholics more inclined to violence than the general population in spite of the very clear teaching of the church?
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Are they?
I make it a practice to never trust statistics completely.

The stats say ‘Catholics’
But do they mean actively practicing catholics? Or just those that call themselves that?
I suspect the real disparity between those that practice their faith and those that do not.
 
I think it is from watching too many episodes of “24”. :whacky:

Jack Bauer is my hero !
 
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