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The International Federation of ACATs, FIACAT, is an international, non-governmental, Christian human rights organisation, created in 1987, which fights for the abolition of torture and the death penalty. The Federation brings together some thirty national associations.
Action by Christians Against Torture (ACAT) is an international Christian organization dedicated to combating torture and advocating for human rights. Founded in 1974, ACAT operates as a network of national organizations united under the umbrella of the International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (FIACAT).
Christian protester at the Utah State Capitol, holding a sign citing Matthew 25:40 as evidence against the morality of the death penalty. Christian tradition from the New Testament have come to a range of conclusions about the permissibility and social value of capital punishment. [14]
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards ...
Dulles argues that the Church teaches that punishments, including the death penalty, may be levied for four reasons: [22] Rehabilitation – The sentence of death can and sometimes does move the condemned person to repentance and conversion. The death penalty may be a way of achieving the criminal's reconciliation with God.
The 2024 presidential election leaves people opposed to the death penalty in a quandary. The American people have returned to the White House someone who wants to expand the uses of capital ...
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (PFADP) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, interfaith non-governmental organization whose mission and purpose is to educate and mobilize faith communities to act to abolish the death penalty in the United States. It focuses on organizing among faith communities in the South, where most executions take place. [1]
Christians, I would argue, are the ones who are most concerned about the effects of Christian nationalism in this country.” This version of the Bible has drawn controversy before