Death Penalty

Alexandra Carroll

Karen Clifton

Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest-ever fraud case
 by Anzruddha Ghosal The Associated Press

California bishop praises district attorney’s decision to reset death penalties
 by John Lavenburg Crux

Meet the Death Row prisoner who discovered a “saint sleeping within his soul”
 by Brother Silas Henderson, SDS Aleteia

Capitol Hill Democrats introduce bill to end federal death penalty
 by The Catholic New Agency/The Catholic World Report

Catholic priest shares inside look of accompanying a man on death row
 by Francesca Pollio Fenton Catholic News Agency

Texas pastor pleads guilty to possession of child sex abuse images
 by Julianne McShane NBC News

Florida bishops appeal to DeSantis to commute death sentence
 by John Lavenburg Crux

‘Thou shall not kill’–not even a murderer
 by Tony Magliano The Southern Cross

DeSantis disregards Catholic bishops on death penalty, oversees Florida's 100th execution
 by Kate Scanlon OSV News

The Horns of the Death Penalty Dilemma
 by Peter Kwasniewski, PhD 1 Peter 5

Death sentence upheld for Indonesian teacher for rape
 by Katharina Reny Lestari UCA News

'Definitely a vulnerable person': Openly transgender woman’s planned execution could be first in the U.S.
 by Maya Boddie AlterNet

USA: New report shows 2022 was 'year of botched executions'
 by Independent Catholic News

Jewish death row inmate should get new trial due to "antisemitic bias," Texas judge rules
 by CBS

Oregon governor commutes all 17 of state's death sentences
 by Andrew Selsky The Associated Press/Yahoo

Caribbean campaigners speak out against death penalty
 by Leela Ramdeen Independent Catholic News

Death by horror: As Saudi beheads 12 people in 10 days, a look at some capital punishment methods in history
 by Iram Ibrahim First Post

Israel’s Haredi voters drift hard right in leadership vacuum
 by Ilan Ben Zion The Associated Press/Religion News Service

Questions about death penalty in Japan need answering
 by UCA News

‘Can’t not do it,’ says Sister Prejean of her fight to end death penalty
 by Carol Zimmerman Catholic News Service/Crux

Archbishop Cordileone: It is past time to strike down the death penalty
 by Archbishop Salvatore and Joseph Cordileone America

Pope Francis calls for abolition of death penalty worldwide
 by Independent Catholic News

Catholic leaders speak out against Arizona executions
 by Carol Zimmerman Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

Music helps young refugee cope in detention centre
 by Independent Catholic News

Missionary priest praises Central African Republic for abolishing death penalty
 by Ngala Killian Chimtom Crux

Ahmadreza Djalali: Sweden alarmed by Iran's reported plan to execute doctor
 by BBC

Texas bishops call execution of death-row inmate an ‘act of vengeance’
 by Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service

From death penalty to eternal life
 by Father Roger J. Landry The Pilot

Israeli receives death penalty in UAE for drug possession
 by Jerusalem Post

Condemned man wins case seeking pastor’s touch and prayer during execution
 by Katie Yoder Catholic News Agency

Development Of Doctrine Concerning Slavery And The Death Penalty
 by Henry Karlson Patheos

A Catholic theologian argues for a death row inmate’s right to have the pastor’s touch in the execution chamber
 by Dorian Llywelyn Religion News Service

Pakistan church hosts campaign against death penalty. The interactive campaign by Justice Project Pakistan is dedicated to women sentenced to death
 by Zahid Hussain Khan UCA News

Pew Research Study: Majority of US Adults Support Death Penalty
 by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register

Providence sister talks about the grief and gift of accompanying two men to federal execution
 by Dan Stockman The Global Sisters Report

Death penalty abolished in Virginia
 by Zoey Maraist Catholic Herald

Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases
 by Mixhael Tarm The Associated Press

Pakistan halts execution of mentally ill death row inmates. Rights groups welcome the Supreme Court ruling for easing the plight of vulnerable prisoners
 by Zahid Hussain Khan UCA News

Alabama cancels execution after court requires pastor
 by Kim Chandler The Associated Press/Crux

Virginia’s lawmakers vote to abolish the death penalty. Catholic activists helped make it happen.
 by America

A Rush to Execute
 by David Cole The New York Review

The families against the death penalty, no matter their personal pain
 by Colman McCarthy National Catholic Reporter

Our divided church has to grapple with being pro-life
 by Donna Gunn Global Sisters Report

William Barr, a Catholic, went out of his way to use the death penalty (and defy church teaching)
 by Mark Silk Religion News Service/America

Catholics' involvement in death penalty killing spree is scandalous
 by James F. Keenan, William R. MontrossJr. National Catholic Reporter

Catholic leaders decry additional federal execution measures
 by Carol Zimmermann CNA/Crux

Illinois priest appointed as USCCB associate general secretary
 by Catholic News Service/Angelus

Pope to Latin American seminarians: 'Cure the world of evil that afflicts it'. Pope Francis receives members of the Pontifical Latin American College in Rome, and reminds them of the richness that their culture has to offer to Christian communities around the world.
 by Vatican News staff writer Vatican News

Supreme Court allows federal execution of Texas inmate to proceed
 by Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service/Angelus

Argentine archbishop condemns lynching of suspect in child murder
 by Inés San MartínOc Crux

Catholic Church committed to global abolition of Death Penalty
 by Leela M Ramdeen Independent Catholic News

Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti, And The Death Penalty
 by Henry Karson Patheos

Pope Francis closes the door on the death penalty in ‘Fratelli Tutti’
 by Father James Martin. S.J..  America’

Death penalty denounced for ignoring people's capability to be 'redeemed'
 by Natalie Hoefer Catholic News Service/National Catholic Register

Trump Prepares to Execute Christopher Vialva for a Crime He Committed as a Teenager. Vialva is the first Black man to face execution during Trump’s killing spree. He is set to die on September 24
 by Liliana Segura The Intercept

US government executes killer obsessed with witchcraft
 by Michael Tarm Associated Press

Report: The death penalty is a ‘descendant of slavery’
 by Erika Rasmussen America

Over the Objections of the Navajo Nation, Trump Prepares to Execute Lezmond Mitchell
 by Liliana Segura  The Intercept

USCCB to Trump administration: ‘Stop these executions!’
 by CNA Daily News/The Catholic World Report

The Federal Government is about to execute the only Native American man on death row—despite his tribe’s wishes.
 by Krisanne Vaillancourt MurphyAmerica

The Death Penalty Cannot Be Justified Through Retributive Justice Or Self-Defense
 by Henry Karlson  Patheos

Philippines Bishops explain opposition to death penalty
 by Vatican News

Development, not deviation: Evaluating Francis’ modification on the death penalty
 by Thomas J. Nash The Catholic World Report

Death Penalty: Avoiding Ambiguity in Doctrinal Matters
 by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo Return to Order

And Yet, They Are Like Us: The Death Penalty and Human Dignity
 by Emily Claire Schmitt  Patheos

Sister Helen Prejean: Stop the federal killings
 by Helen Prejean, CSJ America

Supreme Court allows blocked federal execution to proceed
 by Carol Zimmermann  Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

US Bishops appeal to Administration to reverse course on Federal executions
 byVaticanNews

Alabama death row inmate hopes courts will allow chaplain by his side at execution
 by Jackson StephensReligion News Service

Critics denounce Attorney General Barr’s decision to set execution dates for death row inmates
 by Mark Pattison  Catholic News Service/America

Pakistan prisoner group calls for halt to executions
 by UCA News reporterUCA News

Death penalty opponents decry first execution carried out amid pandemic
 by Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service/Crux

This Lent, U.S. Catholics Are Called To Reckon With The Sin Of Capital Punishment
 by Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy America

U.S. Bishops Say Death Row Inmate Likely Innocent, Call for New Trial
 by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register

For those on death row, redemption of souls is what matters most
 by Joshua Hren America

Judge blocks scheduled executions of federal death-row inmates
 by Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service/America

Over 250 conservative activists sign statement opposing death penalty
 by Jesse Remedios National Catholic Reporter

Event to mark Catholic group’s 10-year fight against death penalty
 by Christopher White Crux

Auschwitz Memorial chronicles the sacrifice of St. Maximilian Kolbe
 by, Angelus/Catholic News Agency

A rabbi pleads with AG William Barr: Don’t bring the death penalty to Pittsburg
 by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

Mercy sisters honored for efforts to help New Hampshire end death penalty
 by Catholic News Service/Crux

George Clooney and Elton John help change gay death penalty
 by CathNews

Louisiana bishop urges state to put an end to capital punishment
 by Christopher White  Crux

Bishop calls on UK to promote global abolition of death penalty
 by Independent Catholic News

Supreme Court's recent actions reveal its death penalty divide
 by Carol Zimmerman  CNS/The Pilot

After California, the real reason we should end the death penalty—for good.
 by Valerie Schultz America

Bishop appeals to save Filipino woman on Saudi death row
 by UCANews.com Reporter

Pope says Church’s teaching on death penalty has ‘matured’
 by Inés San Martín Crux

Pope on death penalty: offer the condemned the possibility to change life
 by Varican News

Supreme Court throws out inmate's death sentence due to mental disability
 by Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

Sister Helen Prejean fought the death penalty—and won by Zac Davis America

Pope Francis begs for end to death penalty through an ethic of caring by Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp Vatican News

Life without parole is no moral alternative to the death penalty
 by Katie Rose Quandt    America

Do We Really Want The Death Penalty For Drug Dealers?
 by Mary Pezzulo    Steel Mangnificat'

Philippine Catholics protest drug killings, death penalty
 by Reuters Staff

The death penalty and doctrine, Part 2
 by Dermot Roantree The Jesuits in Ireland

The death penalty and doctrine, Part 1
 by Dermot Roantree The Jesuits in Ireland

Pope condemns death penalty and possession of nuclear weapons
 by Tony Magliano Angelus

Pope’s Death Penalty Remarks Signal a New Approach to Development of Doctrine
 byNational Catholic Register

Pope Francis: The death penalty is contrary to the Gospel
 by Gerard O'Connell   America

Willful Obstinance: Catholics and the Death Penalty
 by Sean Hagerty, SJ The Jesuit Post

Catholic leaders decry fourth Arkansas execution in eight days
 by Carol Zimmermann CNS

Arkansas executions damage 'our whole society,' Catholic group says
 by Matt Hadro CNA

Man executed last night in Arkansas chose Communion for his last mealby Associated Press

Dead Man Walking: Religious Leaders Dialogue on the Death Penalty
 by Catholic Mobilizing Network

Supreme Court rejects Texas' standards for executing the intellectually disabled
 by Matt Hadro  CNA/EWTN News

Why this slain priest's opposition to the death penalty matters
 by CNS/EWTN News

Philippines bishops oppose bid for severe death penalty revival
 CNA Crux

The death penalty in Catholic teaching and medicine: intersections and places for dialogue.
 by Norko MA. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2008;36(4):470-81

The Church's Anti-Death Penalty Position
 A Statement of the Catholic Bishops of the United States

Pope: no to death penalty and to inhuman prison conditions
 by News VA

Catholic Bishops and Other Religious Groups Urge Supreme Court to Halt Juvenile Executions
 by Theodore Cardinal McCarrick  USCCB

Nevada blocked from carrying out nation’s first execution using fentanyl after challenge over another drug by Mark Berman The Washington

Catholic bishops urge governor to halt upcoming executions
 by Theresa Laurence Catholic News Service

Three Takeaways on the Death Penalty
 by David Cloutier   Catholic Moral Theology

Pope Francis: ‘death penalty inadmissable’
 by Linda Bordoni  Vatican News

Rejecting the death penalty advances the culture of life
 by Blase J. Cupich America

USCCB Website

Prayer To End The Use Of The Death Penalty
 Merciful Father, we ask your blessing on all we do to build a culture of life. Hear our prayers for those impacted by the death penalty.
 We pray for all people, that their lives and dignity as children of a loving God may be respected and protected in all stages and circumstances.
 We pray for victims of violence and their families, that they may experience our love and support and find comfort in your compassion and in the promise of eternal life.