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He seems gleeful that he was told the encyclical, Evangelium Vitae, is non-binding, but misses the entire point of the death penalty's inclusion in the encyclical. It is disappointing that he degrades the wisdom of the Church in it's quest to facilitate the deepest and most thorough respect for life in the hearts of Her followers.

Here is some wisdom from the Church you seem to want to ignore, as do those who espouse other novel teaching on this issue:

"Execution Of Criminals

Another kind of lawful slaying belongs to the civil authorities, to whom is entrusted power of life and death, by the legal and judicious exercise of which they punish the guilty and protect the innocent. The just use of this power, far from involving the crime of murder, is an act of paramount obedience to this Commandment which prohibits murder. The end of the Commandment is the preservation and security of human life. Now the punishments inflicted by the civil authority, which is the legitimate avenger of crime, naturally tend to this end, since they give security to life by repressing outrage and violence. Hence these words of David: In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land, that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord."

Catechism of Trent