“pro-life group equates anti-death penalty with anti-abortion”
If they are Catholic than this is a required church teaching - opposition to abortion and the death penalty. Not sure what your point is here.
This has always been a misperception by Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Here is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says about the death penalty:
“Assuming that the guilty party’s identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.” Catechism 2267
Most people who kill others had to make a conscience decision to take that life and therefore willingly commit mortal sin. That is why the Church will allow the death penalty under the circumstances mentioned above.
The Church says that abortion is intrinsically evil; public execution of criminals is not. The Seamless garment crowd are just trying to obsfucate the radical . Blame this on the Bernardin Catholics. or the social jtsuce crowd, who also distort the teachings on the Church. They identify society and the state.
You are mistaken about this. The error is categorizing an intrinsic evil (taking innocent life) with a prudential judgement. As Evangelium Vitae teaches, “You shall not kill” has absolute value when it refers to the innocent person.”
“pro-life group equates anti-death penalty with anti-abortion”
If they are Catholic than this is a required church teaching - opposition to abortion and the death penalty. Not sure what your point is here.
Wideawake???