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Catholics Against Capital Punishment was founded in 1992 to promote greater awareness of Catholic Church teachings that characterize capital punishment as unnecessary, inappropriate and unacceptable in today's world. It does this in the following ways:
* By disseminating news of Catholic-oriented anti-death penalty efforts through its newsletter, CACP News Notes, and this website.
* By communicating the Church's teachings on the issue to federal and state lawmakers, especially those who are Catholic, urging them to resist proposed legislation imposing or extending the use of the death penalty, and to work for repeal of such laws currently on the books.
* By encouraging members of the Catholic hierarchy, clergy and religious groups to speak out more forcefully against capital punishment.
"Capital punishment feeds
the cycle of violence in
society by pandering to a
lust for revenge. It
brutalizes us, and deadens
our sensitivities to the
precious nature of every
single human life."
-- Most Rev. David B.
Thompson, Bishop of
Charleston, S.C.,
December 3, 1998
| You can help by joining CACP
CACP strives to insure that members of the clergy and laypeople -- both Catholic and non-Catholic -- are aware of, and understand the seriousness of, Church teachings on capital punishment.
It seeks to instill in elected officials the courage to resist the temptation to support the death penalty as a politically-expedient way of promoting themselves as "tough on crime."
Its newsletter, CACP News Notes, disseminates news about Catholic-oriented anti-death penalty efforts to its individual members, diocesan social concerns offices, members of the hierarchy, and others.
With your help, CACP can do these things better and more often. To join CACP and receive its mailings, just complete and mail the attached form.
To learn more about CACP, click any item on our menu at upper left.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
Write to us at:
CACP, P.O. Box 5706, Bethesda MD 20824-5706
Or fax us at 301-654-0925
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