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…
By Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Catholic opponents of the death penalty said they are eager for Pope Leo XIV to build on…
By Catherine M. Odell, OSV News NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame Law School hosted for the first time a four-day…
By Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on issues including migration, the environment and the death penalty…
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has called on all nations to eliminate the death penalty, to divert a…
By Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops’ conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to…
By Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line…
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…