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Catholic Church changes teaching to oppose death penalty
Published By
Adekunle Dada
Date
2nd August, 2018
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The Roman Catholic Church on Thursday formally changed its teaching to declare the death penalty inadmissible in all circumstances.
The Roman Catholic Church on Thursday formally changed its teaching to declare the death penalty inadmissible in all circumstances.
The Vatican said it had changed its universal catechism to reflect Pope Francis’ total opposition
to the death penalty.
Previously the catechism, a summary of Church teaching, had allowed the death penalty in rare cases.
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