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Death Penalty

Virginia state capitol (Sean Pavone/Shutterstock)

Virginia governor signs death penalty repeal

Catholic News Agency|Mar 24, 2021|4 Min Read

Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston celebrates a Mass of Ordination in St. Peter's Basilica. (Daniel Ibanez/CNA)

Boston Archdiocese calls for life without parole for Boston bomber, after Supreme Court agrees to consider death penalty

Christine Rousselle|Mar 22, 2021|3 Min Read

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Virginia legislature votes to abolish the death penalty

Catholic News Agency|Feb 22, 2021|2 Min Read

Pro-life supporters walk through the streets of San Francisco during the West Coast March for Life in 2013. (Paul Ryan/Walk for Life West Coast)

Faith

Could the fate of society depend on how we think about bodies?

Elise Ureneck|Feb 9, 2021|9 Min Read

Death penalty opponents Carol Mayfield, from left, Pilar and Ron Jones, Maryellen Rodgers and Mary Anne Cummins gather at historic St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax, Va., to pray for an end to the death penalty in this 2017 file photo. The Virginia House of Delegates voted 57-41 to abolish the death penalty Feb. 5, 2021, two days after the Virginia Senate took the same action in a 21-17 vote. (CNS photo/Zoey Maraist, Catholic Herald)

Virginia General Assembly votes to ban death penalty; governor supports move

Zoey Maraist|Feb 5, 2021|4 Min Read

(Image via Cathopic)

The world revolves, the cross stands still

Heather King|Jan 29, 2021|4 Min Read

In this file photo, the sun sets behind one of the guard towers at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., June 10, 2001. The death chamber at the correctional facility is where the federal death penalty is carried out. (CNS photo/Andy Clark, Reuters)

Members of Congress push for end to the federal death penalty

Catholic News Agency|Jan 26, 2021|3 Min Read

Opponents of the death penalty gather at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 12, 2021. (CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters)

'We are better than this,' deacon says before Johnson's execution

Carol Zimmermann|Jan 15, 2021|4 Min Read

Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, is seen in this undated photo inside the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. (CNS photo/Courtesy of attorneys for Lisa Montgomery, Handout via Reuters)

Lisa Montgomery put to death after Supreme Court reversal

Carol Zimmermann|Jan 14, 2021|4 Min Read

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, are seen in this composite photo. (CNS composite/photos by Bob Roller)

Bishops call for an end to the federal death penalty

Catholic News Service|Jan 11, 2021|2 Min Read

(Shutterstock via CNA)

Faith

Incoming USCCB doctrine chair: Death penalty is part of 'throwaway culture'

Catholic News Agency|Jan 9, 2021|3 Min Read

Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, is seen in this undated photo inside the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. (CNS photo/Courtesy of attorneys for Lisa Montgomery, Handout via Reuters)

Catholic advocates against death penalty urge clemency for woman on federal death row

Carol Zimmermann|Dec 30, 2020|4 Min Read

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