Esimerkki hieman vähemmän hysteerisestä katolisesta uutisoinnista aiheesta:
Kriittistä linjaa edustava, aiemminkin mainittu Edward Feser kirjoitti tästä aiheesta eilen First Thingsissä:
Toisin kuin Feser, CNA:n jutussa haastatellut isä Thomas Petri ja Kevin Miller katsovat, ettei katekismuksen uutta kuolemantuomio-kohtaa ole luettava kuolemantuomion kategorisena kieltämisenä.
Miller and Petri both argued that the new text does not call capital punishment absolutely wrong, without qualifications.
“Compared to his previous, more spontaneous statements on the subject last year, the current language from Pope Francis is much more geared towards a prudential judgment that the death penalty is no longer necessary and therefore ‘inadmissible,’ though more certainly could be done to underscore that Catholics must still exercise this judgment in the light of circumstances,” Miller said.
Petri agreed: “Nothing in the new wording of paragraph 2267 suggests the death penalty is intrinsically evil. Indeed, nothing could suggest that because it would contradict the firm teaching of the Church.”