New coalition aims to end capital punishment as executions increase but public support wanes
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Despite an uptick in executions in the U.S. in 2025, opponents of the death penalty lauded…
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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…
Notre Dame Law School gathering makes case for abolishing death penalty
byBy Catherine M. Odell, OSV News NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame Law School hosted for the first time a four-day…
USCCB president calls Trump orders on migration, death penalty ‘deeply troubling’
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on issues including migration, the environment and the death penalty…
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…
Pope praises Catholic group that advocates for abolition of death penalty
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line…
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…
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…
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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…