I’m talking about abortion, not the death penalty. To attempt to draw moral equivalence between an innocent unborn baby and a convicted murdering sociopath to me shows a level of mental depravity that is suspiciously close to that of your typical liberal fascist.
As a Catholic who is against abortion, but favors the death penalty, I understand that I am not in full compliance with the teachings of the Church.
Pope John Paul II did voice his opposition to both abortion and the death penalty.
As Pope John Paul II wrote in the “Evangelium Vitae” in 1995:
“It is clear that, for these purposes to be achieved, the nature and extent of the punishment must be carefully evaluated and decided upon, and ought not go to the extreme of executing the offender except in cases of absolute necessity: in other words, when it would not be possible otherwise to defend society. Today however, as a result of steady improvements in the organization of the penal system, such cases are very rare, if not practically non-existent.”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/angel/procon/popestate.html