Church’s legislative priorities are education, life issues
byBy Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer Catholics interested in legislation expected to be considered during the 2019 Kentucky General Assembly are invited to attend a…
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Retired priest to receive ‘Carl Braden Lifetime Achievement’ award
byThe Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression will present the “Carl Braden Lifetime Achievement” award to Father Patrick Delahanty, a retired priest of…
A Time to Speak — The cost of the death penalty is severe
byBy Rep. Chad McCoy Some issues are bigger than politics. They push and pull at our core beliefs, forcing us to show our convictions. For…
What the church teaches about capital punishment
bySpecial to The Record On the topic of capital punishment, the “Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “Assuming that the guilty party’s identity and…
Death penalty dealt a blow in Ky.
byBy Marnie McAllister, Record Editor LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Fayette County Circuit Court judge ruled Aug. 1 that Kentucky’s statute allowing offenders under age 21…
Bills aim to kill state’s death penalty
byBy Marnie McAllister, Record Editor The use of the death penalty in Kentucky runs contrary to the “Catechism of the Catholic Church,” which allows for…
Conference addresses spectrum of life issues
byBy Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer When people with different passions learn how to collaborate with one another, the culture of life becomes stronger. That’s…
Editorial — It can happen here
byDon’t let anyone tell you it can’t happen here. Don’t let anyone say Kentucky is a much too conservative state to ever repeal capital…
A Time to Speak — Quit tinkering with the ‘machinery of death’
byBy Father Patrick Delahanty Fifteen years ago last month, Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun concluded that after a 20-year struggle with the issue…
It’s just a matter of time
bySo now the state of Kentucky is looking for a new way to kill its death row inmates. A few weeks ago the state…