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Death penalty

D.C. cardinal says being prolife is about more than just abortion

Oct 17
Elise Ann Allen

Death penalty protesters are seen outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington Oct. 13, 2021. (Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters via CNS.)

Death row exoneration shows U.S. capital punishment is ‘broken’

Jul 4
John Lavenburg

Soldiers accused of rape and crimes against humanity slouch in their chairs during a military tribunal in the town of Baraka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Feb. 16, 2011. Congo has lifted a more than two-decade old moratorium on the death penalty to try and rid the country of traitors and acts of “terrorism”, said the government. The moratorium, established in 2003, has allowed offenders accused of treachery and espionage, guaranteed impunity, said the justice ministry in a statement that emerged Friday, March 15, 2024. (Credit: Pete Muller/AP.)

DR Congo’s reinstatement of death penalty faces fierce Church opposition

Mar 21
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Francis’s company at St. Mary Major captures contrasts, contradictions of papal history

Dec 14, 2023
John L. Allen Jr.

Florida executes murderer, abuse victim despite appeal from Catholic bishops

Oct 4, 2023
John Lavenburg

Vatican officials calls on Louisiana governor to empty death row

Sep 30, 2023
John Lavenburg

Florida bishops appeal to DeSantis to commute death sentence

Jun 2, 2023
John Lavenburg

Catholics blast DeSantis move on death penalty as ‘stunning’ attack on human life

Apr 22, 2023
John Lavenburg

Texas to execute man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son

Nov 16, 2022
Juan A. Lozano

Oklahoma inmate gets temporary reprieve from execution

Nov 4, 2022
Carol Zimmermann