Pope holds private meeting with parents of LGBT children
- Sep 18, 2020
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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.
Church in the Philippines condemns efforts to resurrect capital punishment
- Aug 14, 2020
Catholic leaders in the Philippines are urging Congress to ignore the call of President Rodrigo Duterte to reimpose the death penalty in the country.
Execution set for sole Native American on federal death row
- Jul 30, 2020
The only Native American on federal death row is scheduled to be executed in late August, the U.S. government announced Wednesday.
Egypt executes 7 convicted of killing police officer
- Jul 30, 2020
Egypt executed seven people convicted of killing a police officer in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, after a trial that was “marred by serious allegations of torture,” an international rights groups said Wednesday.
Third person executed by US government this week
- Jul 18, 2020
The U.S. government on Friday put to death an Iowa chemistry student-turned-meth kingpin convicted of killing five people, capping a week in which the Trump administration restored federal executions after a 17-year hiatus.
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