Tag: Death Penalty

  • May 15, 2026

Catholic Bishops of Arizona: Statement on Scheduled execution of Leroy McGill

We deeply regret that the State of Arizona has now set a date of May 20 for the...
  • March 11, 2025

Arizona bishops release statement on scheduled execution

It is troubling that after a respite of over two years, the State of Arizona is set to...
  • November 21, 2022

U.S. Catholic leaders speak out against three November executions

In the third week of November, three executions by lethal injection took place in the U.S. in just...
  • November 15, 2022

NEWS BRIEF: Third prayer vigil this year for an end to the death penalty

Msgr. Peter Dai Bui, vicar for clergy of the Diocese of Phoenix, led a one-hour prayer vigil Tuesday...
  • October 18, 2022

‘Can’t not do it,’ says Sister Prejean of her fight to end death penalty

Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight...
  • October 13, 2022

Texas death-row inmate takes plea for DNA testing to Supreme Court

In oral arguments Oct. 11, the Supreme Court considered the case of Texas inmate Rodney Reed, who has...
  • October 11, 2022

Catholic Mobilizing Network honors advocates working to end death penalty

At an Oct. 10 ceremony at the Vatican Embassy in Washington, Catholic advocates working to bring an end...
  • September 30, 2022

Catholics decry clemency denial in Oklahoma, call for end to death penalty

Catholic leaders are speaking out about a Sept. 27 decision by Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board to deny...
  • September 1, 2022

Death penalty encourages revenge, not justice, pope says

The death penalty is an affront to human dignity that offers no solace to victims and denies the...
  • June 10, 2022

Catholic leaders speak out against Arizona executions

Arizona's Catholic bishops and other Catholic opponents of the death penalty spoke out against the June 8 execution...