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| Scalia Questions Catholic Anti-death Penalty Stance |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 02/13/2002 |
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Catholic judges who follow their church's teaching that capital punishment is wrong should resign, says U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia, a devout Roman Catholic, said recently that after giving it serious thought, he could not agree with the church's stand on the issue. It wasn't the first time Scalia has questioned the church's opposition to the death penalty. He took the same position late last month at a conference in Chicago, Illinois, and was asked about it again last week at Georgetown University, a Catholic school in Washington. Under Pope John Paul II, the Catholic Church has been strongly anti-death penalty. The pope has personally appealed to leaders to commute death sentences. In 1999, he said capital punishment, abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide are part of a 'culture of death.' Scalia told Georgetown students that the church has a much longer history of endorsing capital punishment. |
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