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US Supreme Court hears case of inmate requesting pastor at execution
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in the case of a man seeking to pray with his pastor... Read more
US Supreme Court to hear case of death row inmate requesting pastor's touch at execution
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Ramirez v. Collier on Tuesday, Nov. 9, almost two months after the... Read more
Catholic group decries Oklahoma execution, during which inmate vomited
A Catholic organization is calling on Oklahoma to stop executing prisoners following yet another botched execution Thursday afternoon. Read more
Oklahoma City archbishop issues call to prayer for end to abortion, death penalty
Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City has issued a call to prayer for the abolition of the death penalty and... Read more
Holy See asks Missouri governor to halt scheduled execution
The Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Christopher Pierre, asked the governor of Missouri on Monday to spare the... Read more
Survey: A majority of US Catholics support the death penalty
One recent survey shows a majority of U.S. Catholics supporting use of the death penalty for murder convicts. The support... Read more
US Justice Department halts federal executions
US Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium on federal executions while the Department of Justice conducts a review of... Read more
Majority of US adults support death penalty
A majority of U.S. adults still support the administration of capital punishment, according to a June 2 Pew Research Center... Read more
Virginia poised to abolish death penalty
The abolition of the death penalty has advanced in Virginia, with the State Senate’s passage of a bill backed by... Read more
Amid scheduled executions, bills introduced to end federal use of death penalty
As three federal executions were scheduled for this week, multiple bills have been introduced in Congress to end use of... Read more
Bishops call on Trump administration to stop planned federal executions
Prominent U.S. bishops are imploring a halt to three federal executions scheduled for this week. Read more
Lawyer urges clemency for federal death row inmate
A woman convicted of murdering a woman and stealing her unborn child should be granted clemency ahead of her scheduled... Read more
Ohio governor: Lethal injection impermissible for executions
The use of lethal injections will no longer be allowed for executions in the state of Ohio, and an alternative... Read more
Tennessee governor delays execution of man with 'intellectual disability'
The governor of Tennessee has delayed the execution of an intellectually disabled man due to the coronavirus pandemic. The execution... Read more
Does 'Fratelli tutti' change Church teaching on the death penalty?
In his new encyclical, Pope Francis reiterated that the death penalty is “inadmissible,” but did he change centuries of Church teaching... Read more
Catholics plead for Navajo man on eve of scheduled execution
Catholics are joining Native American leaders in calling for mercy for a Navajo man who is sentenced to die in... Read more
Second federal inmate executed after Supreme Court decision
The second of five federal prisoners slated for execution was killed in the early hours of Thursday, July 16. Wesley... Read more
Court denies Catholic priest's motion asking for delay of prisoner's execution
The chief judge of a federal district court in Indiana denied Tuesday a motion to delay the execution of Dustin... Read more
First federal execution in 17 years lamented as 'unnecessary and avoidable'
The federal government executed its first federal inmate in 17 years on Tuesday, following numerous delays and requests for clemency... Read more
Cardinal Tobin asks Trump for clemency in death row case
Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark has joined several U.S. bishops in asking President Donald Trump to commute the death sentence... Read more
