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Cardinal urges reflection on ‘weighty moral question’ of capital punishment

Marking Good Friday, the most solemn day in the church calendar, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington venerated the cross of Jesus and urged the faithful to “consider carefully the impact that capital punishment has on us as a society. On this day, when we must all acknowledge that we have all been set free through the death of one who was truly and perfectly innocent, should we not consider working for a society made more humane by disallowing yet one more act of violence?” he asked.

Activists see temporary stop of federal executions as a starting point

Activists who oppose the death penalty said the Justice Department's temporary stop of federal executions is a step in the right direction, but not enough.

Advocates, editorials call on Biden to end federal death penalty

WASHINGTON — The death penalty has been getting attention across the country this year with legislation introduced or voted on in several states aimed at limiting, repealing or even renewing capital punishment.

Christian beliefs lead to opposition to death penalty, patriarch says

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople is pictured in a file photo praying before a reliquary containing bone shards believed to belong to St. Peter the Apostle in Istanbul. While in Rome for a prayer meeting for peace with Pope Francis, the Orthodox patriarch spoke to Vatican News Oct. 20 about his reading of Pope Francis’ recent encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship.” CNS photo/courtesy Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Supreme Court denies appeals for two recent federal executions

The Supreme Court denied the appeals of two federal death-row inmates in late September.

U.S. bishops say 'enough' on federal executions

Just hours before the sixth federal execution took place this year, and two days before the next one was scheduled, two U.S. bishops' committee chairmen called on the government to end this practice.

Catholic leaders object to reinstatement of federal death penalty

The July 25 announcement by the Justice Department that it is reinstating the federal death penalty for the first time in 16 years was unwelcome news for Catholic leaders who have advocated against capital punishment.

As execution looms, case for clemency hinges on an act of forgiveness

Don Johnson, set to be executed May 16 by the state of Tennessee for the brutal 1984 murder of his wife Connie Johnson, has several people in his corner advocating clemency for him.

Pope codifies change on death-penalty teaching, prepares for Ireland visit

Pope Francis’ revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church declaring the death penalty “inadmissible” in all circumstances, announced Aug. 2, should not have come as a huge surprise.

The right to life is not conditional

On Aug. 2, Pope Francis made news by revising the Catechism of the Catholic Church to say that capital punishment is “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.” This dignity persists, the revision continues, “even after the commission of very serious crimes.”
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