Is the Church Against Abortion and the Death Penalty?

It is not a rare thing for Catholic prelates to assert definitively that the Church opposes capital punishment. Some even liken the death of a defenseless aborted baby to that of a criminal duly judged by a competent court and condemned for a grave violation of the moral or judicial order. Such prelates conclude that Catholics are obliged to reject not only abortion but also the death penalty as well.

Continued here (page 14) from an article in Crusade Magazine...There are also some excellent articles on the the Sacred Heart of Jesus.