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Melissa Lucio is seen in this undated photo. Lucio, a Catholic mother of 14, was sentenced to death in Texas in 2007 for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah, that Lucio, now 53, has maintained was due to an accidental fall down a stairwell. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution April 25, 2022. (CNS photo/courtesy Melissa Lucio's defense team via Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

Texas bishops welcome stay of execution for mother on death row

John Lavenburg|Apr 26, 2022|4 Min Read

An anti-death penalty button is seen in this 2015 file photo. (CNS photo/Nick Oxford, Reuters)

Catholic leaders plead for clemency for Texas woman

Carol Zimmermann|Mar 1, 2022|3 Min Read

Demonstrators in Washington rally against the death penalty outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Oct. 13, 2021, where justices were hearing arguments in the federal government's bid to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Supreme Court likely to reinstate death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber

Carol Zimmermann|Oct 13, 2021|4 Min Read

Death-row inmate Ernest Lee Johnson is shown in this Oct. 26, 2016, photo released by the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was executed by lethal injection Oct. 5, 2021, at a state prison in Bonne Terre, Mo. (CNS photo/Missouri Department of Corrections, Handout via Reuters)

Catholic activists speak out against execution of Missouri man

Carol Zimmermann|Oct 6, 2021|5 Min Read

Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, on June 10, 2021. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Nuncio, on behalf of pope, urges Missouri governor to halt Oct. 5 execution

Catholic News Service|Oct 4, 2021|3 Min Read

U.S. Supreme Court building, east side. (Claudette Jerez/CNA)

Supreme Court halts execution of inmate requesting vocal prayer at his death

Christine Rousselle|Sep 9, 2021|3 Min Read

The lethal injection room at California's San Quentin State Prison. (California Department of Corrections/Wikimedia CC BY 2.0)

Survey: A majority of US Catholics support the death penalty

Matt Hadro|Jul 21, 2021|3 Min Read

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is seen at the Justice Department in Washington June 15, 2021. (CNS photo/Win McNamee, Pool via Reuters)

Activists see temporary stop of federal executions as a starting point

Carol Zimmermann|Jul 6, 2021|5 Min Read

The former gas chamber at New Mexico State Penitentiary, used only once in 1960 and later replaced by lethal injection. (Wikipedia)

Arizona bishops 'very concerned' about possible executions - including by gas chamber

Catholic News Agency|Jun 8, 2021|3 Min Read

The death chamber table is seen in 2010 at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Nevada's Ely State Prison has a similar table for lethal injection executions of death-row inmates. (CNS photo/courtesy Jenevieve Robbins, Texas Department of Criminal Justice handout via Reuters)

Nevada death penalty repeal fails, but is on 'right path,' advocate says

Carol Zimmermann|May 25, 2021|3 Min Read

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Charleston, South Carolina. (Bill Kennedy/Shutterstock)

Charleston diocese 'extremely disappointed' with law recommencing executions

Catholic News Agency|May 17, 2021|2 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)

Charleston diocese dismayed at South Carolina legislature’s attempt to resume executions

Catholic News Agency|May 6, 2021|2 Min Read

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