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Timeline: The death penalty

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2018

  1. Catechism revised to teach that the death penalty is 'inadmissible'

    The Holy See published a new text of Catechism of the Catholic Church 2267, approved by Pope Francis in an audience with Cardinal Luis Ladaria on 11 May 2018, stating that the death penalty is 'inadmissible'. An accompanying letter of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, dated 1 August 2018, presented the change as an authentic development of doctrine in continuity with the preceding Magisterium.

    SourcesNew revision of number 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the… (Holy See Press Office)Rescript on the new revision of CCC 2267 (approved 11 May 2018) (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (vatican.va))Letter to the Bishops on the new revision of CCC 2267 on the death penalty (1… (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (vatican.va))Pope Francis approves CCC revision on death penalty (Vatican News) (Vatican News)Pope Francis Changes Catechism to Say Death Penalty 'Inadmissible' (National Catholic Register)