Pope Seeks End to Death Penalty

[Ender]

I don’t see Cardinal Dulles’s calling it “prudential” undermines the clear meaning off CCC 2267

Dulles’ comments don’t change the meaning of 2267, they explain the nature of the teaching. It is neither infallible nor ordinary - which would require our assent - it is prudential … which doesn’t.

When the death penalty is permissible, reasonable Catholics may disagree as to its implementation. But in modern society, it is for all practical purposes never permissible to use the death penalty since better alternatives to protect society are always available. This is all very clear when the matter is approach with objectivity and logic.

Once again you avoid any mention of the primary objective of all punishment and of the just debt owed by the person being punished. The debt for past crime is not paid by providing security against future ones.

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[pnewton]

However, the Catechism and Evangelium Vitae clearly demonstrate the practical nonexistence of permissible usage of the death penalty, meaning that any continued support for the death penalty is inherently anti-life, much like support for abortion or euthanasia…

No where, in EV or any Catholic teaching will you find the death penalty is much like abortion. In fact, numerous bishops have said the opposite, as we have read here in the past. My position on the the occasional use of the death penalty is extremely pro-life. I assure you that you telling me otherwise is a strawman to me, for I know better.