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Capital punishment
Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for September: "Abolition of the death penalty"
Pope Francis has asked Catholics around the world to pray in September for an end to the death penalty.
Does 'Fratelli tutti' Change Church Teaching on the Death Penalty?
In his new encyclical, Pope Francis reiterated that the death penalty is “inadmissible,” but did he change centuries of Church teaching with that statement? A leading theologian told CNA that the pope’s new teaching was a development, not a rupture with the Church’s past.
Hate Speech Bill “recommending death by hanging an attack on Nigerians”: Bishop
A Nigerian Bishop has termed as “an attack on Nigerians” the proposed bill in his country’s National Assembly that seeks to apply capital punishment for those found guilty of hate speech.
