{"id":71622,"date":"2026-02-04T04:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T04:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=71622"},"modified":"2026-02-04T04:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T04:45:52","slug":"poll-majority-of-u-s-catholics-support-death-penalty-despite-catechism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/poll-majority-of-u-s-catholics-support-death-penalty-despite-catechism\/","title":{"rendered":"Peiling: Meerderheid van Amerikaanse katholieken steunt doodstraf ondanks Catechismus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Death penalty. \/ California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Wikipedia CC 2.0. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 \/ 13:00 pm (CNA). A majority of Catholic voters in the United States support the death penalty for convicted murderers in spite of the Catechism of the Catholic Church calling capital punishment \u201cinadmissible,\u201d according to a poll published by EWTN News and RealClear Opinion Research.The survey of 1,000 Catholic voters between Nov. 9 and Nov. 11 found that 55% support the death\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Death penalty. \/ California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Wikipedia CC 2.0. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 \/ 13:00 pm (CNA). A majority of Catholic voters in the United States support the death penalty for convicted murderers in spite of the Catechism of the Catholic Church calling capital punishment \u201cinadmissible,\u201d according to a poll published by EWTN News and RealClear Opinion Research.The survey of 1,000 Catholic voters between Nov. 9 and Nov. 11 found that 55% support the death\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":76816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-71622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68953,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/tennessee-catholic-bishops-call-for-an-end-to-the-death-penalty\/","url_meta":{"origin":71622,"position":0},"title":"Tennessee Catholic bishops call for an end to the death penalty","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"november 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"null \/ Credit: felipe caparros\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 11, 2025 \/ 13:44 pm (CNA). 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