Articles on this issue "death penalty"
The repeal of the death penalty in Maryland represents a courageous step toward a culture of life, said the bishop who chairs the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Committee on …
read moreThe bishops of Arizona are calling for an abolishment of the death penalty, noting that this type of vengeance goes against Gospel values. The prelates of the Arizona Catholic Conference …
read moreThe U.S. bishops are commending all those who worked for the successful abolishment of the death penalty in Illinois. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the law on Wednesday banning the death …
read moreThe U.S. bishops' conference is joining its voice to that of local prelates urging Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to sign legislation banning the death penalty in his state. Bishop Stephen Blaire …
read moreA judge in Kentucky has halted the Thursday execution of Gregory L. Wilson on the grounds that the state's protocol for administering a lethal injection is in need of review. Franklin County …
read moreBenedict XVI has joined with several Catholic bishops to request clemency for Gregory Wilson, a prisoner scheduled for execution in a few days. The Catholic Conference of Kentucky reported …
read moreTogo will soon be the latest country to abolish the death penalty, its minister of justice affirmed at a congress on capital punishment in Rome. The announcement was made Monday at the IV …
read moreU.S. bishops are congratulating their colleagues in New Mexico, and others who worked toward banning the death penalty in this state. The U.S. bishops' conference issued a statement on their …
read moreThe bishops of Florida have asked Governor Charlie Crist to "set a new standard of decency" for the state by doing away with the death penalty. In a letter sent last week by the state's …
read moreThe Community of Sant'Egidio praised a U.N. committee's call for a global moratorium on the death penalty as a "change of sensitivity" in the international community. On Thursday, the U.N. …
read moreNine bishops of Florida sent a letter to Governor Charlie Crist urging him to stop executions in Florida, beginning with the scheduled execution of Mark Dean Schwab next week. "We can never …
read moreHere is an excerpt of the address Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo gave Nov. 15 to Loyola College in Baltimore titled "The Sanctity of Human Life from Conception to Natural Death." The …
read moreIt is never ironic [Isn't It Ironic?] that anyone kills anyone else for any reason at all. It simply wrong, evil, objectively measurable as such. There is nothing good or just in the killing …
read moreThe international campaign to stop the death penalty had success last year with a nonbinding vote Dec. 18 by the U.N. General Assembly in favor of suspending executions. "This is further …
read moreThe U.N. moratorium on the death penalty and the French president's proposal for a "positive laicism" are two reasons for hope this Christmas season, according to a Vatican spokesman. Jesuit …
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