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‘Dignitas Infinita’ released by Vatican, calls for defense of human dignity in face of...
VATICAN CITY -- Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death penalty, gender transition surgery, war, sexual abuse...
Bishop Koenig urges Delaware legislators to get behind bills that would bar death penalty...
Bishop Koenig has asked lawmakers in Delaware to get behind legislation that would bar capital punishment in the state.
It's been 12 years since the...
Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act introduced in Congress; Bishops to support bill
WASHINGTON -- A bill to ban the use of capital punishment by the federal government was reintroduced in Congress, where it faces steep odds...
Catholic governors inconsistent on role of death penalty
WASHINGTON -- Some Catholic governors are embracing the use of capital punishment as part of their political platforms despite the Catholic Church's opposition to...
Josh Shapiro first Pennsylvania governor to call on lawmakers to abolish death penalty —...
Gov. Josh Shapiro called on Pennsylvania's legislature Feb. 16 to end the death penalty, marking the first time a governor of the Keystone State...
First federal death penalty case heard under President Joe Biden, who made campaign pledge...
The terrorism trial of Sayfullo Saipov, who is accused of fatally striking eight people with a truck in New York City in 2017, began...
Death Penalty Information Center names 2022 ‘the year of the botched execution’
WASHINGTON -- After a report dubbed 2022 "the year of the botched execution," Catholic activists renewed their calls for an end to capital punishment...
Death penalty opponents disappointed with U.S. vote against global death penalty ban at U.N....
WASHINGTON -- When the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution Dec. 15 to establish a worldwide "moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing...
U.S. Supreme Court’s abortion, death penalty and religious liberty cases made 2022 ‘one for...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's Dobbs decision -- overturning Roe v. Wade -- is no doubt one for the history books.
The 5-4 decision in...
Sister Helen Prejean’s fight to abolish the death penalty: ‘What I saw set my...
WASHINGTON-- Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight to end the death penalty.
At...