Thursday 25 April |

The Feast of Saint Mark

Death Penalty

Georgia state prison

John Burger

Witness to an execution — sort of

Young woman writer, serious

J-P Mauro

Justice and Mercy poetry contest seeks young Catholics

gas chamber death penalty

J-P Mauro

100 years of US experimentation with lethal gas executions

gas mask red light death penalty

J-P Mauro

Rome-based charity implores halt of Alabama execution

CMN Poetry contest winners

J-P Mauro

Justice and Mercy: Catholic poetry contest reveals winners

Lethal injection next to crucifix

J-P Mauro

Florida bishops call on DeSantis to halt Death Row execution

man prison hands

J-P Mauro

Report: 53% rise in global executions since 2022

Louisiana State Flag

Kate Scanlon

Catholic governor takes aim at death penalty in Louisiana

Idaho state capital building

J-P Mauro

Idaho lawmakers reinstate firing squad as form of execution

death row sign

Zoe Romanowsky

A call for prayer to end the death penalty

Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania

J-P Mauro

Pennsylvania governor says he couldn’t explain to son why death penalty could be OK

prisoners bars inmates death row

J-P Mauro

California is doing away with death row, relocating inmates

death penalty cut noose

J-P Mauro

US votes “No” on UN death penalty moratorium

United Nations building and flags

J-P Mauro

Human rights groups urge Biden to support UN death penalty ban

jail electric chair death penalty

J-P Mauro

Oregon governor dismantles execution chamber before term ends

Father Bryan Brooks prays rosary outside penitentiary in Oklahoma

Zoe Romanowsky

When death row convicts in Oklahoma take their last breath, this priest shows up to pray

DEATH PENALTY

J-P Mauro

South Carolina approves firing squads for executions

J-P Mauro

Saudi government executes 81 people in one day, most in nation’s history

PRISON

J-P Mauro

Catholic bishops call for halt to execution of mother on death row in Texas

MAN, INMATE, PRISON

Aliénor Strentz

The extraordinary conversion of Edgardo, a man condemned to death

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