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Catholic Education Resource Center: Search ResultsYour search returned... 0 Categories 8 LinksLinksPreventative Capital Punishment? - David CurtinA recent report by two American academics argues that the “social policy” of abortion on demand has caused a decrease in U.S. crime rates. Read more... Opposition to the Death Penalty - Ralph McInernyWhen I gingerly introduced the subject of Hell, those who had spontaneously rejected capital punishment and then had some second thoughts about life imprisonment when looked at in itself and not as an alternative to the death penalty seemed inclined toward a creative interpretation of eternal punishment. Read more... Capital Punishment and the Just Society - Father Thomas D. Williams, LCFew issues today arouse such moral passion as capital punishment. Read more... Is the Death Penalty Wrong? - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSA few weeks ago you wrote about the "pro-choice argument" and how human life is sacred. Yet, I discovered that the Catechism permits capital punishment. That seems to be a contradiction. What do you think? Read more... Capital Punishment (Part 2) - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSLast week Straight Answers explicated the traditional teaching of the Church which upholds the right of the state to execute certain criminals. Now, we must address the application of the this teaching in our present society. Read more... Capital Punishment (Part 1) - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSThis past June, a jury found Timothy McVeigh guilty of the Oklahoma City bombing and he was then sentenced to death. Since then, I have read or heard many pro and con statements about capital punishment at church or in Church newspapers. Yet, the Catechism allows capital punishment. Please explain. Read more... Catholicism & Capital Punishment - Avery Cardinal DullesAfter providing a survey of the complex question of capital punishment Cardinal Dulles writes that: "The Pope and the bishops, using their prudential judgment, have concluded that in contemporary society, at least in countries like our own, the death penalty ought not to be invoked, because, on balance, it does more harm than good." Read more... Capital Punishment - Ralph McInernyIf Martha Stewart had poisoned her husband or drowned her children, she would have received more sympathy. Read more... |
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