On August 2,Pope Francis changed the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching to declare that the death penalty can never be sanctioned because it “attacks” the inherent dignity of all humans.
In a statement by The Vatican, the pontiff changed the Catechism of the Catholic Church to reflect the recent teachings. Prior to its revision, or the catechism said the church didn’t exclude the use of capital punishment “whether this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.”The recent teaching calls the policy outdated. The Los Angeles Times reported that the head of the Vatican’s doctrine office said: “the development of Catholic doctrine on capital punishment didnt contradict prior teaching,but rather was an evolution of it.”Click here to continue and read more...
Source: inquisitr.com