Catholic Bishops Campaign Against Death Penalty

Catholic Bishops Campaign Against Death Penalty

Mar 21, 2005 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Catholic bishops on Monday launched a campaign against the death penalty and presented new data suggesting support for capital punishment among American Catholics had fallen sharply in recent years to below 50 percent.

Washington Archbishop Theodore McCarrick told a news conference the campaign would bring renewed urgency and energy to efforts to end capital punishment.

"The use of the death penalty ought to be abandoned because we have other alternative ways to protect society," he said.

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Catholic Bishops Push To Outlaw Death Penalty

POSTED: 1:34 pm PST March 21, 2005
UPDATED: 2:02 pm PST March 21, 2005

The nation's Catholic bishops are stepping up their efforts against the death penalty.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has announced a new campaign that will include more lobbying and educational efforts. The group cites polls it commissioned showing weakening support among American parishioners for executions.

Washington's Cardinal Theodore McCarrick said the church "cannot teach that killing is wrong by killing."

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