Even criminals have right to dignity, pope tells OECD conference participants

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 15 - Pope Leo XIV said that even criminals have the right to dignity and reiterated the Catholic Church's opposition to the death penalty on Friday during an audience with participants at an OECD-organized conference on the fight against drugs and organized crime. "The same respect for the inherent dignity of every person, including those who have committed crimes, precludes the use of the death penalty, torture, and every form of cruel or degrading punishment," said the Am...

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