Texas has scheduled the execution of Ivan Cantu for Wednesday, Feb. 28. Cantu was convicted for a double murder that... Read more
Catholic Mobilizing Network seeks to “value life over death, to end the use of the death penalty,” and “to transform... Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review the case of an Oklahoma man on death row who... Read more
The Community of Sant’Egidio shared a petition Jan. 23 urging Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to halt the execution of Kenneth... Read more
Payton Gendron’s May 2022 shooting rampage resulted in 10 deaths. Authorities called it a racially motivated hate crime. Read more
Executions peaked in 1999 and have been on a mostly unbroken downward trajectory since then with more states ending the... Read more
The Mass, which took place at the Mountain View Unit prison in Gatesville, Texas, was part of a three-day conference... Read more
A statewide board in Oklahoma this week narrowly recommended clemency for a man convicted of a double murder more than... Read more
Catholic Mobilizing Network hosted the Oct. 23 event at Xavier University in Cincinnati in partnership with other anti-death penalty organizations. Read more
Jedidiah Murphy was put to death by lethal injection at the execution chamber in Huntsville on Tuesday night. Read more
Robert G. Bowers is the first person to be condemned to death under the Biden administration, which placed the federal... Read more
James Phillip Barnes is scheduled to die Thursday, but bishops in Florida have appealed to Gov. Ron DeSantis for a... Read more
Catholics in St. Louis and across Missouri, as well as Pope Francis himself, had advocated for a stay of Johnny... Read more
Catholics across Missouri had advocated for a stay of Johnny Johnson’s execution, citing the Church’s teaching on the admissibility of... Read more
Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin introduced a bill to abolish the federal death penalty, calling the... Read more
Father Dustin Feddon from the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee tells CNA what it was like to walk with Darryl Barwick to... Read more
The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops appealed to the governor to grant a stay and commute convicted murderer Duane Owen’s... Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill April 20 allowing prisoners in the state to be sentenced to death without... Read more
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, citing “pro-life values,” has called on lawmakers to end the state’s death penalty in the... Read more
A group of Catholic bishops will visit San Quentin Prison’s death row inmates on Tuesday. Read more