The death penalty is a retribution that never works for the victims. Archbishop Gabriele Caccia.
Marina Raj – Vatican
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia emphasized that the Catholic Church strongly supports the abolition of the death penalty based on the dignity of the human person and the role of legitimate authority to protect the common good, and “to protect public order and human life, considering the various developments in the penal system, the death penalty should not be used.”
United Nations in New York City, United States of America. UN Headquarters As the 77th General Assembly of the Human Rights Council is underway, Archbishop Caccia, Permanent Representative to the UN, said this while speaking on No. 68 on the abolition of the death penalty at its third session.
Archbishop Caccia said that a criminal should not be deprived of human dignity no matter how heinous the crime he committed, and the right to life is an inalienable human dignity of every human being, without which the edifice of human rights would collapse.
The Archbishop emphasized that human rights, balanced by human dignity, have beneficial effects on society as a whole, especially in sectors responsible for caring for the sick, elderly and disabled, and that we must work tirelessly to change the death penalty culture and protect the public good.
Archbishop Caccia emphasized that punishment for wrongdoing should only be done by means of impartial love and justice, and that retribution such as the death penalty will never work for the victims.
As the Pope emphasizes, Archbishop Caccia emphasized that no matter how heinous the crimes, the death penalty for those who committed them does not serve to repair the harm done, and it never equates to the suffering of the victims.
Retribution is not the solution to anything and the Holy See considers it the essential responsibility of rulers to protect the right to life of criminals at all levels regardless of the crime they have committed and calls on all countries to adopt a consistent position in support of the abolition of the death penalty in order to respect the primacy, security and dignity of human life. Archbishop Caccia..