What is the current teaching of the Roman Catholic Church on the death penalty?

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What is the current teaching of the Roman Catholic Church on the death penalty?

Accepted Answer

It is inadmissible, because it attacks the dignity of the person — Award 1 mark. The Catechism was revised in 2018 to state this, and the Church now works for abolition worldwide. The teaching rests on the sanctity of life and on the argument that modern states can protect the public by other means.

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It is permitted whenever a state chooses to use it

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It is permitted only where a country has no secure prisons

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It is inadmissible, because it attacks the dignity of the person

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It is required for the crime of murder

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