From offical souces, what does your church teach about the death pentality?

[Big_Dummy]

From offical souces, what does your church teach about the death pentality?

For me, Romans 13 is enough to support it. But, exactly what does the catholic church teach? offically that is.

 

[Phemie]

From offical souces, what does your church teach about the death pentality?

For me, Romans 13 is enough to support it. But, exactly what does the catholic church teach? offically that is.

That in most cases it is unnecessary because society can be protected by incarcerating the murderer.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

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 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 nonexistent."68

Catechism of the Catholic Church The Catechism’s authority is limited to that of the documents which it cites. In this case 68 John Paul II, Evangelium vitae 56 which is available on the Holy See Web site.

I regard it as an authoritative opinion by our chief teacher to which I must give careful and repectful attention, but not an infallible document.