Iraqi priest says Pope's visit an act of 'bravery' and 'madness'
- Feb 24, 2021
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg is remembered as ‘jurist of historic stature’
- Sep 20, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18 at age 87, has been described in countless tributes as a cultural icon and a giant despite her small size.
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.
Catholic leaders denounce court’s rejection of federal death penalty appeal
- Jun 30, 2020
When the Supreme Court announced June 29 that it would not hear an appeal by federal death-row inmates challenging the method to be used in their upcoming executions, a longtime advocate against capital punishment said the court “abdicated its legal and moral responsibilities.”
Death penalty opponents decry first execution carried out amid pandemic
- May 21, 2020
Catholic advocates against the death penalty spoke out against Missouri’s May 19 execution of a death-row inmate, Walter Barton, whose death by lethal injection was the first execution to happen during the pandemic.
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