Prayer vigils in Virginia call for end to death penalty
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — For Stephanie Niedringhaus, it was all about the names. At some of the prayer vigils for…
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Bishops call for an end to the federal death penalty
byWASHINGTON — A joint statement from two U.S. bishops who head different committees of the U.S. bishops called for an end to the federal…
Catholic advocates against death penalty urge clemency for woman on federal death row
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The execution date of Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, is currently undecided….
Maryland Catholic Conference urges Trump to stop a federal execution
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Eight Catholic bishops serving Maryland dioceses urged President Donald Trump Dec. 22 to stop the planned…
Catholic activists applaud encyclical’s stance against death penalty
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Pope Francis tackled several issues in his new encyclical, but the section devoted to ending capital…
Death penalty denounced for ignoring inmates’ capability to be ‘redeemed’
byBy Natalie Hoefer, Catholic News Service TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — On Sept. 24, Providence Sister Barbara Battista stood across the street from where her…
Why is this system of injustice allowed to linger?
byNearly a decade ago, Kentuckians learned that the death penalty here is broken beyond repair. That conclusion came from Kentucky legal scholars and jurists…
Issues affect life, human dignity
byProposals that affect life and human dignity are seeing action in the Kentucky General Assembly. The Catholic Conference of Kentucky, which represents the state’s…
A Time to Speak — Do you plan to execute them all?
byThe news that President Donald Trump is planning to sign death warrants and kill federal prisoners during the sacred season of Advent must have…
Kentucky death penalty protocol declared unconstitutional by Kentucky judge
byA Franklin County Circuit judge ruled July 2 that Kentucky’s death penalty regulations are unconstitutional because they fail to provide for an automatic stay…