Catholic Mobilizing Network works to end the death penalty in accord with Catholic teaching. The number of executions increased in 2025.
Archbishop Paul Coakley, the newly elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, lauded Governor Kevin Stitt for granting clemency to a death row inmate.
Throughout the United States, people are dissatisfied with the death penalty, says advocate. "It does not promote safety. It does not deter crime."
Catholic Mobilizing Network invites people to join them on an annual novena ahead of World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10.
While many may think it is "just" to kill those who kill other people, St. John Paul II did not believe the death penalty was necessary in the modern world.
The Ohio legislature is considering a pair of bills that would eliminate state funding of the death penalty and the "intentional termination of human life."
The African country officially abolished the death penalty in 2024, but had not executed anyone since 2005.
Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune said the execution of Brad Sigmon is a violation of human dignity. It was the first execution by firing squad in the United States in nearly 15 years.
The Catholic Mobilizing Network aims to amplify young people’s voices through creative expression and hands-on advocacy. Paid internship available.
While a new executive order has directed federal judges to pursue capital punishment where applicable, public support is at its lowest in decades.
While the end of Roe vs Wade has marked a turning point for the annual March, the even still is attracting countless numbers from all walks of life.
The decision answers calls from civil and human rights activists and falls in line with the guidance of Pope Francis and the Catholic Church.
The Holy Father released his traditional World Day of Peace message, which this year coincides with the start of the Jubilee.
The Holy Father also calls for a Christmas ceasefire, just as the situation in Syria becomes uncertain with the Assad regime falling.
It is within the president's authority to pardon federal convicts, but a pardon from execution does not mean they are freed from their prison time.
Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, brought Pope Francis' regards and praise to share with the Catholic Mobilizing Network.
The Holy Father has written the preface to the latest book by a Florida layman who has been ministering on death row and solitary confinement for more than 25 years.
