SOUTH KOREA. CATHOLICS IN SOUTH KOREA SEEK ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY
about 115,800 Roman Catholics in South Korea signed their names on a petition calling to abolish capital punishment, the Catholic organization Committee for Justice and Peace (CJP) said.
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about 115,800 Roman Catholics in South Korea signed their names on a petition calling to abolish capital punishment, the Catholic organization Committee for Justice and Peace (CJP) said.
The petition, signed by 115,861 people including new South Korean Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, was to be submitted to the National Assembly the following week, a panel at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea (CBCK) said in a statement. "Human beings don't have the right to take away the precious lives of others that are given by God," the statement by the CJP said.
The petition, signed by 115,861 people including new South Korean Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, was to be submitted to the National Assembly the following week, a panel at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea (CBCK) said in a statement. "Human beings don't have the right to take away the precious lives of others that are given by God," the statement by the CJP said.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Yonhap English News, 06/03/2006)
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