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THE DEATH PENALTY

Papal Teachings

Address to the New Ambassador of the Republic Of Rwanda to the Holy See
John Paul II,6 December 2001

World Day of Peace Message 2001,n 19
John Paul II

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Bishops Teachings

Australia’s Leaders Should Renounce Death Penalty
Bishop Christopher Saunders, media release,19 December 2003

Primer on the Death Penalty
Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines,1999.

A Milestone for the Human Family
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference,1998

Vatican Interventions

Conference for the establishment of the International Criminal Court
Holy See Delegation

Intervention at the Third Committee of the 54th Session of the General Assembly on Item 116A (the abolition of the death penalty.
Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations

Benedict XVI Appeals for Clemency
In November 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appealed to the President of Indonesia to grant clemency in the cases of Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Marinus Riwu.

Current Church Teaching
The current teachings are summed up in:

Catechism of the Catholic Church, n 2267

Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, n 405

Catholic Social Teaching

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