Articles on this issue "death"
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has urged U.S. House and Senate conferees working on post-9/11 legislation to report out a final bill without the expansion of the death penalty for terrorists. …
read moreThe U.S. presidential campaign is stirring intense comment in more than just the secular arena. This year's closely contested race between President George Bush and Senator John Kerry has …
read moreCardinal Theodore McCarrick has called on the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution of people for crimes they committed as juveniles. "Just two years ago, the court concluded that the …
read moreJohn Paul II named Secretary of Vatican State Cardinal Angelo as his special envoy to the funeral this Friday of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Vatican sources said. Meanwhile, the …
read moreThe national Caritas is giving emergency humanitarian aid to thousands of people affected by the floods that have devastated the Dominican Republic and neighboring Haiti. U.S.-based Catholic …
read moreCatholic Church leaders in Mexico and the United States fear this year's "season of death" for illegal border crossings could be the worst so far. The so-called season runs from the end of May …
read moreMel Gibson's movie "The Passion of the Christ" has faced a passionate, and varied, reception in German-speaking lands. The film was criticized in a joint statement from the Central Jewish …
read moreHere is a translation of the address John Paul II gave today at the general audience, which he dedicated to reflect on Psalm 29(30). * * * 1. An intense and gentle thanksgiving rises to God …
read moreThe Holy See made an urgent request for the establishment of a firm calendar for the recovery of Iraq's sovereignty, the Vatican secretary for relations with states confirmed. Archbishop …
read moreJohn Paul II says that terrorism is not combated with the death penalty but, on the contrary, by the promotion of respect for the dignity of the human person. The Pope expressed this today …
read moreJohn Paul II says that terrorism is not combated with the death penalty but, on the contrary, by the promotion of respect for the dignity of the human person. The Pope expressed this today …
read moreHere is a translation of John Paul II's address at the conclusion of the Stations of the Cross he presided over on Good Friday night at the Colosseum. * * * 1. "Venit hora!" The hour has come! …
read moreTen years after the outbreak of the genocide that left more than 1 million dead in Rwanda, the country is still healing, day by day. This week a series of official commemorations for the …
read moreThe Easter triduum that begins on Holy Thursday is above all a time of conversion to Christ, says John Paul II. The Pope dedicated his meditation during today's general audience to reflect on …
read moreA television station's plan to show an abortion on TV "could prove a powerful anti-abortion message, highlighting the full horror" of the procedure, says a Catholic archbishop. Archbishop …
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