the declaration states that the Church "did not err" in teaching that civil authorities may "lawfully exercise capital punishment" when it is "truly necessary" and to preserve the "just order of societies." See also Roman Catholic Church of Latvia References External links Catholic Hierarchy Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church 1930 births Living people Latvian cardinals Latvian Roman Catholic archbishops Archbishops of Riga 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Latvia 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Latvia Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II People from Rēzekne Municipality