Sentences with phrase «statement on capital punishment»
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1980 published a predominantly negative statement on capital punishment, approved by a majority vote of those present though not by the required two - thirds majority of the entire conference.
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The United States bishops, in their majority statement on capital punishment, conceded that «Catholic teaching has accepted the principle that the State has the right to take the life of a person guilty of an extremely serious crime.»