Death Penalty

U.S.-based group is leading the pope’s charge to abolish the death penalty

byJoseph R. LaPlante

Join the pope for a better justice

byArchbishop Paul Coakley

Death penalty encourages revenge, not justice, pope says

byCatholic News Service

Catholic leaders decry federal judge’s ruling on lethal injections

byCatholic News Service

Supreme Court sides with Arizona in death penalty cases

byCatholic News Service

Catholic leaders thankful for Melissa Lucio’s stay of execution

byCatholic News Service

Cardinal urges reflection on ‘weighty moral question’ of capital punishment

byCatholic News Service

UPDATE: Court rules in favor of inmate’s prayer request during execution

byCatholic News Service

Catholic leaders applaud decision to commute Julius Jones’ death sentence

byCatholic News Service

Divided court considers role of chaplains in the execution chamber

byCatholic News Service

Death-row spiritual advisers weigh in on Supreme Court case

byCatholic News Service

Why did Pope Francis say the death penalty is ‘inadmissible’?

byMsgr. Charles Pope