Lex Christianorum

J OHN PAUL II'S ENCYCLICAL Evangelium vitae raised significant consternation among Catholics on the matter of the death penalty. To the...

I N LOOKING AT THE ISSUE OF THE DEATH PENALTY, we typically focus on the justice or injustice of it. As we have reviewed in our prior posti...

O UR LAST WITNESS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S traditional teaching on capital punishment is Pope Pius XII. Pope Pius XII clearly accepts t...

I N PRIOR POSTS ON THIS SUBJECT, we have discussed how the Church Fathers--pre-Constantine and post-Constantine, including the redoubtable S...

I T IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT AN OFFICIAL Catechism of the Catholic Church, especially one geared toward the instruction of priests, would conta...