Religious Education Congress in L.A. hosts anti-death penalty rally

Father Chris Ponnet, director of the St. Camillus Center in Los Angeles, speaks during the annual Rally and March Against the Death Penalty, which was organized by the Southern California chapter of Catholics Against the Death Penalty.

The event was held on Feb. 25 during the four-day 2017 Religious Education Congress in Anaheim, California, which is presented annually by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.