Death Penalty
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Incoming USCCB doctrine chair: Death penalty is part of ‘throwaway culture’
In an online panel Friday, the incoming chair of the U.S. bishops’ doctrine committee discussed the Church’s opposition to the... Read more
Ohio governor: Lethal injection impermissible for executions
The use of lethal injections will no longer be allowed for executions in the state of Ohio, and an alternative... Read more
End executions for Advent, Catholic bishops tell Trump
Leading U.S. bishops are imploring the Trump administration to stop scheduled federal executions during the season of Advent. Read more
US bishops to Trump: 'Enough. Stop these executions'
The Catholic bishops of the United States on Tuesday implored President Donald Trump to halt two federal executions set to... Read more
His own father murdered, Catholic archbishop speaks against death penalty
The Archbishop of Kansas City is calling for an end to the death penalty. Read more
USCCB to Trump administration: 'Stop these executions!'
The U.S. bishops’ conference on Thursday criticized the federal government for its continued use of the death penalty, which the... Read more
The Biden Platform: What Catholics should know
Joe Biden was officially nominated as the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential candidate on Tuesday evening. With the formalities over, what... Read more
Catholics pray for Navajo man scheduled for federal execution
Catholics are speaking out on behalf of a Native American man on federal death row, who is set to be... Read more
Boston archdiocese pushes back after Trump says Boston bomber ‘deserves death’
After President Donald Trump said Sunday that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, perpetrator of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, should be put to... Read more
Catholic leaders reject Duterte’s call to revive death penalty in Philippines
Catholic leaders in the Philippines have spoken out against President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to reinstate the death penalty for illegal... Read more
Second federal inmate executed after Supreme Court decision
The second of five federal prisoners slated for execution was killed in the early hours of Thursday, July 16. Wesley... Read more
First federal execution in 17 years lamented as 'unnecessary and avoidable'
The federal government executed its first federal inmate in 17 years on Tuesday, following numerous delays and requests for clemency... Read more
Court halts scheduled federal executions
A federal court on Monday ordered a delay of the first scheduled federal execution in 17 years, along with other... Read more
Catholic bishops join 1,000 faith leaders to oppose federal executions
Several U.S. bishops, along with clergy and religious brothers and sisters from around the country, have signed a statement opposing federal executions... Read more
US bishops ask Trump administration to reconsider federal executions
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has asked the Trump administration to halt several scheduled executions after the Supreme... Read more
Federal executions to resume after Supreme Court denies appeal
Federal executions are set to resume in the next two weeks after the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to... Read more
Supreme Court stays Texas execution over chaplain dispute
The Supreme Court stayed the execution of a man in Texas after the state’s Department of Corrections refused to allow... Read more
St. Augustine bishop calls for end to Florida death penalty
All of Florida’s death row inmates live in the Diocese of St. Augustine. Many are Catholic. At least twice a... Read more
Catholics protest Missouri execution of death row prisoner
Despite objections from Catholic groups, a Missouri death row inmate died by lethal injection May 19, in the first execution... Read more
Catholics react to Alabama execution of Nathaniel Woods
Late Thursday evening, the state of Alabama executed 43 year-old Nathaniel Woods by lethal injection. Read more
