Vatican says abortion, surrogacy, war, poverty are attacks on human dignity
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death…
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — When the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution Dec. 15 to establish a worldwide “moratorium on executions with a…
Kentucky’s lawmakers took an incremental step toward changing the death penalty in Kentucky on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted…
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Activists who oppose the death penalty said the Justice Department’s temporary stop of federal executions is…
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — For Stephanie Niedringhaus, it was all about the names. At some of the prayer vigils for…
WASHINGTON — A joint statement from two U.S. bishops who head different committees of the U.S. bishops called for an end to the federal…
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The execution date of Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, is currently undecided….
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Eight Catholic bishops serving Maryland dioceses urged President Donald Trump Dec. 22 to stop the planned…
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Pope Francis tackled several issues in his new encyclical, but the section devoted to ending capital…
By Natalie Hoefer, Catholic News Service TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — On Sept. 24, Providence Sister Barbara Battista stood across the street from where her…