Catholic death penalty abolition group eager for new pope to build on Francis’ legacy on issue
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Catholic opponents of the death penalty said they are eager for Pope Leo XIV to build on…
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Pope calls for end to foreign debt, death penalty ahead of Jubilee Year
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has called on all nations to eliminate the death penalty, to divert a…
US bishops join pope, other groups urging Biden to commute 40 death sentences
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops’ conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to…
Report examines ‘persistent racial disparities’ in federal death penalty use
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — As activists push President Joe Biden to commute existing federal death sentences during his final months in…
Catholic group calls on Biden in final days to commute death penalty sentences
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line with Catholic…
Advocates displeased with U.S. vote against global death penalty ban
byBy Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — When the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution Dec. 15 to establish a worldwide “moratorium on executions with a…
Catholics called to help abolish the death penalty
byBy Marnie McAllister, Record Assistant Editor Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz and other officials called on local Catholics last week to become more involved in efforts…
Programs on ending the death penalty will be offered April 16 and 17
byCathy Jarboe of the Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty will speak in the Archdiocese of Louisville on four…