Kara śmierci i obrona własna w nauczaniu Kościoła katolickiego
Death penalty and self-defence in the Catholic Church teaching

Summary/Abstract: The following article is an attempt to analyse situations and its factors that allow taking another human being’s life, mainly based on teaching of the magisterium of the Catholic Church, especially some of the selected documents like John Paul II’s encyclical „Evangelium vitae”, as well as "Catechism of the Catholic Church". The paper consists of two parts. The first part touches the death penalty matter, whereas the next part is an analysis of a situation,where defence is a necessity. Despite socio-cultural changes in the modern world, the issue is still relevant and evokes discussions and a lot of emotions when being mentioned. Although not all of the previously spoken matters have been fully discussed, the aim was to draw attention to the necessity of propagation of the basic value, that is a human life since its conception until natural death. It is also important to try to answer the question where is the line when taking another person’s life, emphasizing the teaching of Jesus Christ himself and based on the teaching of the Church.

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