Death Penalty Development: A Conditional Advance of Justice
In a doctrinal clarification apropos for the feast day of Alphonsus Liguori, patron of moral...
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Tag: Capital Punishment
Three Takeaways on the Death Penalty
The announcement this morning that the Catechism’s teaching on the death penalty is changing...
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The Death Penalty and the Development of Doctrine, Part II
In yesterday’s post I considered two arguments for how the Catholic Church could introduce an...
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The Death Penalty and the Development of Doctrine, Part I
In an October address to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the...
Read MoreOpen Letter to Missouri Governor Eric Greitens to Stay the Execution of Mark Christeson
Dear Governor Greitens: As a Catholic moral theologian (and a former corrections officer and reserve police officer), I urge you to stay Mark Christeson’s execution, scheduled for Tuesday, January 31st. In my past...
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The Death Penalty is Abhorrent: A Response to Critics of “Capital Punishment Must End”
Early last month, four Catholic journals—America, the National Catholic Reporter, the National...
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The Missouri Catholic Conference, Capital Punishment, Brain Injury, and the Imminent Execution of Cecil Clayton
This past week’s issue of the St. Louis Review, the newspaper for the Archdiocese of St....
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Catholic Voices Unite Against the Death Penalty
On Thursday, four diverse Catholic publications – America, National Catholic Reporter,...
Read MoreOpen Letter to Gov. Nathan Deal Regarding Kelly Gissendaner from a Catholic Theologian
Dear Governor Deal (and Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles)*: As a Catholic moral theologian (and a former corrections officer and reserve police officer), I wish to go on record in requesting that you do not execute...
Read MoreBenedict, Scalia, and Yoder on the Growing International Opposition to Capital Punishment
The Colosseum in Rome was lit up on November 29, 2012 in honor of Connecticut’s repeal of the death penalty back in April. Former California death row inmate Shujaa Graham, who was a featured speaker at the annual conference of...
Read MoreWould the Death Penalty Be an Act of Condign Retribution for Mass-Murderers Like Anders Breivik?
In an editorial, “Sometimes the death penalty is warranted,” in the Washington Post, Charles Lane observes that Anders Breivik, who murdered 77 people in Norway on July 22, 2011, declared that the maximum possible...
Read MorePope Benedict XVI’s Most Recent Statement on the Death Penalty
On November 30th, during an address to members of the Catholic Sant’Egidio Community, Pope Benedict XVI offered some words concerning opposition to the death penalty. Here is the full text: Dear Brothers and Sisters, In...
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