Vatican envoy tells OSCE: Church will push to end death penalty
October 10, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: At a Warsaw meeting of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Vatican’s delegate, Msgr. Lucas Marabese, underlined the commitment of the Catholic Church to defending the dignity of human life.
Msgr. Marabese said that the death penalty is “an attack on the sacredness and dignity of the person.” For that reason, he told the OSCE delegates, the Holy See “will continue to press with determination for its abolition worldwide.”
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Oct. 11, 2025 7:10 AM ET USA
There is only one country (Belarus) in Europe that has the death penalty, and there is only one country in Europe (Andorra, w. population of 82 thousand) that prohibits abortion. The Vatican News article about the need to defend the dignity of human life doesn't mention abortion at all.
