"Where Justice and Mercy Meet: Catholic Opposition to the Death
Penalty" comprehensively explores the Catholic stance against
capital punishment in new and important ways. The broad perspective
of this book has been shaped in conversation with the Catholic
Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty, as well as
through the witness of family members of murder victims and the
spiritual advisors of condemned inmates.
The book offers the reader new insight into the debates about
capital punishment; provides revealing, and sometimes surprising,
information about methods of execution; and explores national and
international trends and movements related to the death penalty. It
also addresses how the death penalty has been intertwined with
racism, the high percentage of the mentally disabled on death row,
and how the death penalty disproportionately affects the poor.
The foundation for the church's position on the death penalty is
illuminated by discussion of the life and death of Jesus,
Scripture, the Mass, the "Catechism of the Catholic Church," and
the teachings of Pope John Paul II. Written for concerned Catholics
and other interested readers, the book contains contemporary
stories and examples, as well as discussion questions to engage
groups in exploring complex issues.
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