CATHOLIC bishops came out strongly against the death penalty bill anew on Sunday, warning that capital punishment could be used to oppress people and hitting back at those using the bible to justify the measure.

“We know from history how capital punishment has so often been used by repressive governments as a way of stifling dissent, or of eliminating those whom they regarded as threats to their hold on political power,” the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said in a new pastoral letter read all over the country on the third Sunday of Lent.

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