US Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium on federal executions while the Department of Justice conducts a review of... Read more
The Justice Department recently asked the Supreme Court to reinstate a death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his role in... Read more
Arizona bishops are “very concerned” that the state could resume executions this fall – including the possibility of executions by... Read more
Catholics are asking the governor of Texas to halt an execution scheduled for Wednesday evening. Read more
South Carolina on Monday became the fourth state to officially sanction the use of the firing squad as a method... Read more
Catholics are calling on President Joe Biden to honor his campaign promises to raise the refugee ceiling and halt use... Read more
For the chair of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee, his family’s history of tragedy shaped his beliefs on human dignity... Read more
Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.) signed a bill Wednesday ending the death penalty in Virginia, making the commonwealth the 23rd state... Read more
As the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Archdiocese... Read more
Virginia is expected to become the first southern state to abolish the death penalty, after its general assembly voted on... Read more
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused an appeal by the state of Alabama to execute a man without a chaplain... Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the case of an Alabama death row inmate who has asked to have a... Read more
Virginia's two Catholic bishops welcomed the state legislature’s votes to abolish the death penalty this week. Read more
Dozens of members of Congress are urging the Attorney General-designate to stop use of the federal death penalty. Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled favorably toward a Catholic death row inmate requesting the presence of a priest at... Read more
Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, was executed early Wednesday morning, despite her attorneys’ arguments that her... Read more
A district court judge has stayed the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, on the... Read more
In an online panel Friday, the incoming chair of the U.S. bishops’ doctrine committee discussed the Church’s opposition to the... Read more
The use of lethal injections will no longer be allowed for executions in the state of Ohio, and an alternative... Read more
Leading U.S. bishops are imploring the Trump administration to stop scheduled federal executions during the season of Advent. Read more