With popular news articles beginning on August 2, 2018, various media agencies have been proclaiming: “Pope Francis has declared the death penalty wrong in all cases, a definitive change in church teaching . . .” (New York Times), “Pope Fran … [Read more...]
About Joseph Arias
Joseph Arias is Assistant Professor of Theology and Dean of Students at the Graduate School of Christendom College in Alexandria, Virginia, where he serves as faculty advisor for students concentrating in moral theology. He earned an ecclesiastical Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of America, and STB and STL degrees from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, in Washington, D.C.
The Revised Catechism on the Death Penalty
A Careful Reading
September 18, 2018 by Joseph Arias
Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: capital punishment, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, development of doctrine, ethics, Latin, moral theology, politics, Pope Francis, translation
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