Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Bishops will focus on lobbying, education to fight death penalty

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced a new campaign against the death penalty Monday, saying the bishops will step up lobbying and educational efforts. The bishops buttressed their arguments with polls they commissioned that find support for executions has weakened among American parishioners.

"We cannot teach that killing is wrong by killing. We cannot defend life by taking life," Cardinal Theodore McCarrick said at a news conference in Washington.
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