re: Pope calls for abolition of death penalty

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I know that but how often does the Church change something like this? One thing I recommend to people who hear the media state something about a Pope's comments (Ex. Homosexuals) is just look up that subject in an online Catholic Catechism (that is searchable for your convenience). It will tell you exactly where the Pope is coming from rather than some media type's interpretation that the Church is changing.

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it depends on the issue.

Since the Catechisms publication in the 1990s there has been a lot of movement in the Church away from the rare allowability of the DP. Francis continues to show how this happens.

Saint Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and now Pope Francis have all called for the reduction if not the elimination of the death penalty. If three Popes back to back to back are saying pretty much the same thing, that is a sign there is a change in the way the Church approaches an issue.

A Catholic can hold to the Death Penalty in good conscious he should just realize that there has been a movement by the last three pontiffs against the death penalty.