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10 April 1995

PALM SUNDAY MARCH

"John Paul II: The death penalty is not always necessary"

At the Quirinale Palace, the official residence of the President of the

Republic, President Scalfaro welcomed a delegation of marchers: "You have

my support. I have always been against the death penalty:" On this day,

over three thousand people from all over the world, including many mayors,

took part in the Palm Sunday March for the suspension of the death penalty

and the establishment of an international criminal court on crimes against

humanity. Before meeting President Scalfaro, they were received by the

Mayor of Rome, on their way to the final destination, St. Peter's Square,

to hear the Angelus pronounced by Pope John Paul II. The march was led by

representatives of the international associations Hands Off Cain and There

Is No Peace Without Justice, and of the Radical Party. At the front of the

procession was Lawrence Hayes, the last man to be sentenced to death in New

York, now a social worker after serving a prison sentence in place of the

death penalty, and the Algerian Rai singer Lounes Matoub, a victim of the

Fundamentalist fatwa. In the Evangelium Vitae, the Pope condemned those

countries which still practise the death penalty, saying that "the cases of

absolute necessity, that is when the defense of society cannot be achieved

by any other means, are now very rare, if not almost non-existent". The

other important fact is that the Catholic Church will reconsider the

passage in the New Catechism which sanctions the death penalty.

 
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