Nick Givas
Pope Francis is steering the Catholic church away from supporting the death penalty in a new papal policy released on Thursday.
Francis called the death penalty “inadmissible” and said it “attacks” the dignity of all humans, according to The Associated Press.
Francis is making a major change to the faith’s Catechism, as Catholicism used to allow the death penalty in the case of extraordinary circumstance. “If this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor,” The AP reported.
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