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by bcadmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Associated Press, capital punishment, Church in the US, Death penalty, Executions, News, Texas | 0 |
A Texas inmate seeking to stop his execution over claims of religious freedom violations and indifference to his medical needs is scheduled to die Wednesday evening for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 4, 2022 | capital punishment, Catholic Mobilizing Network, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, Death row, Executions, News, Oklahoma, Sister Helen Prejean | 0 |
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt gave another temporary reprieve to death-row inmate Richard Glossip, moving back his execution scheduled for Dec. 8 until next February while an appeals court reviews his claims of innocence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 3, 2022 | 2022 Papal Trip to Bahrain - Live Coverage, Bahrain, Catholic-Muslim relations, Death penalty, human rights, lead, News, Papal travel, papal trip, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
In his first formal appointment in the Gulf nation of Bahrain, Pope Francis Thursday condemned the use of the death penalty, which is still in force in the country and has been condemned by human rights activists.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | Abortion, Catholic News Service, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, Death penalty, faith and politics, News, Poll, Public Religion Research Institute, Roe v. Wade | 0 |
Abortion-related questions — and Americans’ responses to them — were front and center in the new American Values Survey issued Oct. 27 by the Washington-based Public Religion Research Institute.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2022 | capital punishment, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, Death row, Executions, News, Sister Helen Prejean | 0 |
Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight to end the death penalty.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 16, 2022 | Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Catholic Mobilizing Network, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, News | 0 |
At an Oct. 10 ceremony at the Vatican Embassy in Washington, Catholic advocates working to bring an end to the death penalty acknowledged leaders in the fight against capital punishment in the U.S.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2022 | capital punishment, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, Death row, Executions, News, Texas, Texas Catholic Conference | 0 |
In oral arguments Oct. 11, the Supreme Court considered the case of Texas inmate Rodney Reed, who has been on death row for more than 25 years and has gained the attention of Catholic leaders and celebrities for his claims of innocence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 11, 2022 | Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Catholic advocates, Catholic Mobilizing Network, Death penalty, News, U.S. & World News, Vatican Embassy, World Day Against the Death Penalty | 0 |
At an Oct. 10 ceremony at the Vatican Embassy in Washington, Catholic advocates working to bring an end to the death penalty acknowledged leaders in the fight against capital punishment in the U.S.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Associated Press, capital punishment, Church in the US, Death penalty, Death row, Executions, News, Texas | 0 |
A Texas death row inmate whose case redefined the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide was executed Wednesday, despite the efforts of a district attorney to stop his lethal injection.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Associated Press, capital punishment, Church in the US, Death penalty, Death row, Executions, News, Texas | 0 |
A Texas death row inmate whose case redefined the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide was executed Wednesday, despite the efforts of a district attorney to stop his lethal injection.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 30, 2022 | Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, capital punishment, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, Executions, News, Oklahoma | 0 |
Catholic leaders are speaking out about a Sept. 27 decision by Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board to deny clemency to Benjamin Cole, a 57-year-old man sentenced to die for killing his 9-month-old daughter in 2002.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 29, 2022 | Archbishop Paul Coakley, capital punishment, Catholic news, Death penalty, Justice, News, News Briefs, US | 0 |
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Denver Newsroom, Sep 28, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
One day after a parole board denied clemency to death row inmate Benjamin Cole, the Archbishop of Okl…
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