Political tact doesn’t stop Pope from (indirectly) tweaking Trump
- Oct 27, 2020
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Catholic activists applaud encyclical’s stance against death penalty
- Oct 5, 2020
Pope Francis tackled several issues in his new encyclical, but the section devoted to ending capital punishment was particularly cheered by U.S. Catholics who oppose the death penalty.
Supreme Court denies appeals for two recent federal executions
- Sep 25, 2020
The Supreme Court denied the appeals of two federal death-row inmates in late September.
Two groups criticize Catholic honor planned for U.S. attorney general
- Sep 15, 2020
The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests and the Catholic Mobilizing Network said they strongly object to an award the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast organizers plan to present to U.S. Attorney General William Barr during the annual breakfast, which is to be livestreamed Sept. 23 from Washington.
Catholics denounce scheduled federal execution of Navajo tribe member
- Aug 26, 2020
Catholic leaders have joined their voices with members of the Navajo Nation in opposing the Aug. 26 scheduled execution of Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row.
Supreme Court order cleared way for second federal execution
- Jul 16, 2020
After the Supreme Court cleared the way for the second federal execution in a week, 68-year-old Wesley Purkey was killed by lethal injection at the penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, July 16.
Supreme Court allows blocked federal execution to proceed
- Jul 14, 2020
In a 2 a.m. decision July 14 after numerous last-minute filings, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to overturn a trial court order blocking the execution of federal death-row inmate Daniel Lewis Lee. The court’s unsigned order enabled federal executions to go forward.
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