[Capt. Tom]

The catholic church has a long history for being against the death penalty and supporting the death penalty is clearly against the faith.

Opposition to the death penalty is a matter of opinion held by the church hierarchy. It is not a matter of dogma. No Pope has issued an ex-cathedra statement against the death penalty.

The people in the pews are just as Catholic as the Pope and are entitled to their opinions too- until the Pope makes the official call.
Then to hold a contrary opinion would make them heretics. - Tom

[stefan10]

A lot of popes made it very clear and the vatican (strange enough) even tried to save Saddam Husseins life. The catholic church has a absolut clear and fundamental position about the question of life.

If someone is catholic as i am and believes that abortion is a crime as i do. Then someone must also be against the death penalty for the same reasons.

faith and the position of your church isn´t ( at least in my opinion) something for cherry picking.

But faith is a individual and personal decision and should not be a part of politics