Perspectives Daily: Capital punishment is out
Noel Ocol
August 2, 2018
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The pope has changed the text of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and officially declared the practice of capital punishment completely inadmissible in all cases.
In today's edition of Perspectives Daily, we cover the following stories:
- The Catechism of the Catholic Church has been changed to exclude capital punishment in all circumstances.
- We look back at instances where the pope has spoken against capital punishment in his pontificate.
- US Bishop Ronald Gainer publishes a list of 71 clergy members who are accused of child sexual abuse in his diocese.
- The pope releases his new monthly prayer intention video.
- Canadians open their arms and homes to refugees. As refugees flee to Canada, Elana Wright from Caritas Canada talks about the strength the Canadian people have shown towards welcoming asylum seekers into the country, in the past as well as in the present.
- Planned Parenthood sues after South Carolina bans Medicaid funds for abortion clinics. Planned Parenthood has filed a lawsuit challenging a South Carolina executive order barring Medicaid funds from going toward any health services at abortion clinics.
- German bishop criticizes methods used to oppose Eucharistic hospitality. A German bishop has criticized a small minority in his nation’s episcopal conference for questioning the orthodoxy of the vast majority of bishops who favour a pastoral plan to allow non-Catholic spouses in inter-confessional marriages to receive the Eucharist at Mass.
- India confirms death penalty for child rapists. India's parliament has passed a law allowing the death penalty for raping girls aged under 12, but Catholic Church officials doubt the effectiveness of such a law to curb increasing sexual violence against children across the country.
- Pope grants funds for Yemeni refugees in South Korea. Pope Francis expressed his support for Yemeni refugees in South Korea by sending funds from papal charities.
- Study: US religious orders overwhelmingly back women deacons. A new survey has found that the majority of U.S. Catholic religious orders believe women should be allowed to serve as ordained deacons, lending support to an issue currently under study at the Vatican amid pressure for women to be given greater roles in the Church.
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