re: Pope calls for abolition of death penalty

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This is straight from the Catholic Catechism.

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2267 Assuming that the guilty party’s identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor. (2306)

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This does not = abolition.

That's why I stated in my earlier post that the pope via tha magisterium change the language of the Catholic catechism.

With that said, in modern civilizations there are many effective ways to protect society from unjust aggressors other than the death penalty. One of those effective ways is life in prison which can be and should be implemented humanely.