In an editorial to be published entitled Capital Punishment and Timothy McVeigh, Falise said that the Catholic Church has had mixed opinions on capital punishment. Our Catholic history taught us that capital punishment was acceptable for certain crimes. Catholics support the state's responsibility and moral obligation to preserve the safety of a community by permanently removing those people that threaten security. Father Ted Sizing , retired director of the diocesan Office of Social Action Ministry, said that the ability to forgive comes from God. Father Sizing referred to a recent visit by Marietta Jager Lane, a national activist for reconciliation and forgiveness, whose daughter Susan was abducted and killed.
Prayer is very important.
Look at Marietta Jager. Father Sizing said that looking for a reason and the truth behind a violent crime can pollute us. There was a story about a mother who lost her child and bought a Bible and wrote to the person at Alcatraz who killed her child. This man wanted to hang himself because he didn't think he could be forgiven. We are the passage ways to God's action.