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Death Penalty

A death chamber table at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, in this 2010 file photo. (OSV News via Reuters)

When doubt condemns the death penalty

Greg Erlandson|Oct 16, 2024|4 Min Read

Oklahoma death-row inmate Richard Glossip is pictured in a 2016 photo taken by his attorney. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument Oct. 9, 2024, in a bipartisan appeal to reverse Glossip's death penalty conviction. Oklahoma's Republican attorney general and Republican lawmakers have also intervened in the case. (OSV News photo/Don Knight via Reuters)

Supreme Court hears oral arguments in consequential Oklahoma death penalty case

Jonah McKeown|Oct 9, 2024|4 Min Read

Pope Francis greets Dale Recinella, left, a lay Catholic minister in Florida who works with prisoners on death row, during a meeting with members of the Pontifical Academy for Life at the Vatican Sept. 27, 2021. (CNS/Vatican Media)

In new book, pope calls death penalty 'a dangerous poison'

Justin McLellan|Aug 19, 2024|2 Min Read

Newsom

Pope praises California death penalty moratorium, governor says

Justin McLellan|May 16, 2024|2 Min Read

Death Penalty

California bishop praises district attorney’s decision to reset death penalties

John Lavenburg|Apr 11, 2024|4 Min Read

Convicted murderer Kenneth "Kenny" Eugene Smith. (Alabama Department of Corrections)

Catholic groups try to halt execution of murderer due to 'barbaric' method

Jonah McKeown|Jan 24, 2024|3 Min Read

Death Penalty

Catholic activist sees more momentum to end death penalty 5 years after catechism update

Kate Scanlon|Dec 14, 2023|5 Min Read

Death Penalty

Report: Fewer states use capital punishment, but more prisoners executed in 2023

Kate Scanlon|Dec 1, 2023|4 Min Read

Demonstrators are seen near the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., showing their opposition to the death penalty July 13, 2020. (CNS/Bryan Woolston, Reuters)

'I forgive you. I pray for you,' Florida inmate says in final statement before execution

Julie Asher|Oct 6, 2023|5 Min Read

Death Penalty

Tree of Life synagogue shooter handed federal death penalty

Jonah McKeown|Aug 3, 2023|4 Min Read

Archbishop Coakley

After latest Oklahoma execution, Archbishop Coakley calls for death penalty abolition

Kevin Jones|Jul 24, 2023|3 Min Read

Death penalty

Catholic governors inconsistent on role of death penalty

Kate Scanlon|May 4, 2023|6 Min Read

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