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
Hours before David Miller is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee’s electric chair, the state’s governor has rejected Miller’s request... 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
Tennessee carried out its first execution in nearly a decade on Thursday evening. Governor Bill Haslam allowed the lethal injection... Read more
Catholic theologians have weighed in on changes Pope Francis has made to the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s teaching on... Read more
Thursday the Vatican changed the Catechism’s teaching on the permissibility of the death penalty, which the Church has taught is... Read more
The Church has consistently taught that the state has the authority to use the death penalty. But, in recent years,... 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
After a record-high year of death sentences implemented around the world in 2016, a new report released by Amnesty International... Read more
The Trump administration’s call for increased use of the death penalty in drug-related crimes will not address the root causes... Read more
As a death row inmate in Alabama sues the state over a botched execution last month, a Catholic advocacy group... Read more
Colorado bishops have released a statement of solidarity with a Mennonite investigator who has been imprisoned for failing to testify... Read more
The bishops of Alaska released a joint pastoral letter this month, highlighting the meaning, origin, and implications of human dignity... Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court has delayed the execution of an Alabama man who killed a police officer in 1985, on... Read more
Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock has said he will not attend the local March for Life because its keynote... Read more
On Wednesday, Pope Francis told a gathering in Rome that the Catechism of the Catholic Church should significantly revise its... Read more
In an Oct. 11 speech to members of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, Pope Francis... Read more