The Catholic bishops of the United States on Tuesday implored President Donald Trump to halt two federal executions set to... Read more
The Archbishop of Kansas City is calling for an end to the death penalty. Read more
The U.S. bishops’ conference on Thursday criticized the federal government for its continued use of the death penalty, which the... Read more
Joe Biden was officially nominated as the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential candidate on Tuesday evening. With the formalities over, what... Read more
Catholics are speaking out on behalf of a Native American man on federal death row, who is set to be... Read more
After President Donald Trump said Sunday that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, perpetrator of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, should be put to... Read more
Catholic leaders in the Philippines have spoken out against President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to reinstate the death penalty for illegal... Read more
The second of five federal prisoners slated for execution was killed in the early hours of Thursday, July 16. Wesley... Read more
The federal government executed its first federal inmate in 17 years on Tuesday, following numerous delays and requests for clemency... Read more
A federal court on Monday ordered a delay of the first scheduled federal execution in 17 years, along with other... Read more
Several U.S. bishops, along with clergy and religious brothers and sisters from around the country, have signed a statement opposing federal executions... Read more
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has asked the Trump administration to halt several scheduled executions after the Supreme... Read more
Federal executions are set to resume in the next two weeks after the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to... Read more
The Supreme Court stayed the execution of a man in Texas after the state’s Department of Corrections refused to allow... Read more
All of Florida’s death row inmates live in the Diocese of St. Augustine. Many are Catholic. At least twice a... Read more
Despite objections from Catholic groups, a Missouri death row inmate died by lethal injection May 19, in the first execution... Read more
Late Thursday evening, the state of Alabama executed 43 year-old Nathaniel Woods by lethal injection. Read more
Nicholas Sutton, 58, was sentenced to death in 1988 after he and another inmate murdered a fellow prisoner. Read more
The number of Republican state lawmakers opposed to capital punishment is growing, a conservative group claims, as anti-death penalty activists look... Read more
The U.S. bishops’ conference and the bishops of Florida are calling for a Florida death row inmate to be given... Read more