Tag: death penalty
California bishops applaud Gov. Newsom for death penalty moratorium
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Catholic bishops of California welcomed the March 13 decision by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to issue a moratorium on executions...
Alabama death-row inmate executed without imam present after refusal by U.S....
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's refusal to allow an imam to be present at a Muslim man's execution Feb. 7 was "unjust treatment" that...
Supreme Court examines dementia, health issues in death penalty cases
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court, no stranger to death penalty cases, is looking very narrowly at two aspects of capital punishment this term:...
Condemned Catholic woman to learn her fate for blasphemy in Pakistan
CHESTER, England -- The first Catholic woman to be condemned to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws will discover her fate later this month, her...
Top Vatican diplomat calls for universal abolition of death penalty
VATICAN CITY — Abolishing the death penalty worldwide would reflect the brave and hope-filled belief that crime can be dealt with without capital punishment...
Working together to support life
Angie Wingert has been part of the leadership team of the St. Wenceslaus Parish pro-life group in Omaha, Nebraska, for the past 15 years,...
Nebraska Catholic bishops invited all to pause to pray during execution
OMAHA, Neb. — The state of Nebraska Aug. 14 executed its first death-row prisoner in 21 years, convicted murderer Cary Dean Moore, who was...
Catholic death penalty opponents praise pope’s catechism revision
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Aug. 2 announcement that Pope Francis had ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church calling the death...
Pope Francis revises catechism to say death penalty is ‘inadmissible’
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Building on the development of Catholic Church teaching against capital punishment, Pope Francis has ordered a revision of the Catechism...