2023-10-10 02:00:00
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú
October 10, 2023 / 02:00 AM
Pope Francis has expressed on several occasions his forceful rejection of the death penalty. In fact, in 2018 he authorized the modification of the Catechism of the Catholic Church so that it would be considered “inadmissible” in any case.
The Holy Father usually directs his messages against this practice every year, especially on October 10 on the occasion of World Day against the Death Penalty, a date on which the aim is to raise awareness and mobilize civil society, public opinion, political leaders, etc., to support the call for the “universal abolition” of the death penalty.
1. On August 18, 2018, Pope Francis authorized the modification of article 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the death penalty, declaring the application of this sentence “inadmissible” in any case, and also called for its abolition in all cases. the world.
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