What level of assent does the 2018 teaching on capital punishment require of Catholics?

On August 2nd, 2018, Pope Francis made a change to the Catechism of the Catholic Church regarding capital punishment. In Catholicism there are various levels of Magisterial teaching , a concept which derives from the document *Donum Veritatis* . Each level of Magisterial teaching requires a different level of assent from the Catholic faithful (cf. Wikipedia on levels of teaching and assent ). Two well-recognized levels of assent are the assent of faith , and religious assent . There is a primary and a secondary question which are closely related: 1. **What level of assent does this new teaching on capital punishment require of Catholics?** 2. **To what level of Magisterial teaching does this new teaching belong?**