The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) will resume executions after an almost two-decade lapse, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced... Read more
Bishop Peter Libasci of Manchester welcomed Thursday the New Hampshire legislature's override of a veto by the governor on capital... Read more
The Catholic bishops of Florida are calling on the state’s governor to spare the life of Bobby Joe Long, a... Read more
The bishops of Tennessee have requested that the new governor halt four executions planned for this year, reiterating the Church’s... Read more
The state of Texas has banned all prison chaplains from its execution chamber, following a Supreme Court decision that halted... Read more
Brunei implemented Wednesday a sharia penal code that punishes such crimes as adultery, sodomy, rape, and blasphemy of Muhammad with... Read more
A death penalty repeal effort has failed in the Colorado legislature after failing to win enough votes in the Democratic-controlled... Read more
The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops praised the Supreme Court’s decision to delay the execution of Patrick Murphy, a Buddhist... Read more
As a measure to repeal Colorado’s death penalty passed a Senate committee this week, the Colorado Catholic Conference has expressed... Read more
In a video message sent Wednesday to an international anti-death penalty group Pope Francis encouraged them in their work and... Read more
A Muslim man convicted of murder has been executed in Alabama without his imam present, despite the man’s requests to... Read more
The Catholic bishops of Washington state are expressing support for a senate bill that would repeal the death penalty. Read more
The death penalty is always a rejection of the Gospel and of human dignity, and therefore must be rejected by... Read more
The ruling was issued Oct. 11 and makes the state one of twenty to halt the use of death penalty.... Read more
A Catholic judge in Ohio who recently sentenced a man to death defended his decision on both legal and theological... Read more
The Catholic bishops of Florida have asked for continued prayers for an end to the death penalty following the stay... Read more
Bishops across the US have welcomed the modification made to the Catechism of the Catholic Church saying the Church teaches... Read more
The Ohio Catholic Conference on Friday welcomed the state governor's decision to grant reprieve and commutation to two men who... Read more
Nebraska's bishops on Friday issued a statement opposing the execution of Carey Dean Moore, whose execution date has been set... Read more
The Catholic Conference of Illinois decried the governor’s call to re-establish the death penalty, which has not been used in... Read more