Catholics And The Death Penalty: Six Things Catholics Can Do To End Capital Punishment [Paperback]

Robert H. Hopcke (Author)

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Publication Date: July 31, 2004

Priced affordably for easy distribution in bulk, this booklet introduces Catholics to six concrete things they can do to help end the death penalty. This explosive and divisive social issue demands fuller attention on all sides, in particular from ordinary Catholics who may be ardent supporters of other pro-life issues. Hopcke encourages readers to pray, read, attend meetings where death penalty issues are being discussed, write, witness to the truth, and donate to pro-life charities and organizations.

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ROBERT H. HOPCKE has two degrees in counseling: a Master of Arts in Theology, with a Pastoral Counseling emphasis, from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, which is the degree under which he received his Marriage and Family Therapist license in 1986, and a second Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling from California State University, Hayward (now Cal State East Bay). His professional background includes Unitas Personal Counseling in Berkeley, Operation Concern (now New Leaf Services) in San Francisco as coordinator of the AIDS Prevention Program as a member of the Board of Directors, serving as Vice-President and Program/Services chairperson, a faculty member for the Pacific Center for Human Growth in Berkeley and currently as President and Development/Events chairperson, and as Adjunct Faculty, Institute for Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto.

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• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: St. Anthony Messenger Press (July 31, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0867166134
• ISBN-13: 978-0867166132
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 3.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars SAINT ANTHONY'S MESSENGER OF CINCINNATI EXHORTS SIX THINGS WE MUST DO TO END THIS IMMORAL LEGALIZED STATE HOMICIDE, May 21, 2007

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In the year 2004 the great Saint Anthony's Messenger Press based in Cincinnati published these six things we Catholics MUST do to end the immoral state homicide which the USA uniquely permits itself without reason and against justice.

This substantial pamphlet bears the Nihil Obstat of Franciscan Father Donald Miller, the Imprimi potest of Franciscan Provincial Father Fred Link and the Imprimatur of the Archbishop of Cincinnati the Most Reverend Carl Moeddel, VG. Reflecting current orthodox Roman Catholic moral theology as also summarized in the Compendium, etc., this excellent resource was compiled by Robert H. Hopcke, and includes resources such as other books like the powerful and well-known statement by Antoinette Bosco Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty and Sister Helen Prejean's famous Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty In The United States. SImilar hard copy resources are followed by links to various internet resources which this current format's guidelines do not permit us to directly quote and link, but which includes the Respect Life Organization, Catholics against Capital Punishment, the Community of Sant'Egidio and the United States Conference of CAtholic Bishops, in particular their famous and well-respected Good Friday statement, as well as "Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration."

The six steps include Prayer, Reading and Writing. Please begin by reading this very accessible pamphlet courageously provided by the great Saint Anthony's Press, and pass it out at your parish, including to new members, and especially to your state legislators and government, who might not realize that another urgent Catholic Right to Life issue includes the abolition of the death sentence.

It is a shame for our nation to stand nearly alone in this barbaric and fruitless pratice which merely increases violence and death without building the peace and stability of our society. The rest of the world can only shake their head in wonder, while Jesus weeps once more.