Opposing the Death Penalty is a Pro-life Issue
As we enter Respect Life Month, Utah Catholics have a unique opportunity to profess our pro-life teaching in an area where few others dare to tread – the death penalty.
CMN in the News
"In Good Faith" Podcast feat. CMN's Sister Eileen Reilly, SSND
CMN's Sister Eileen Reilly sits down with Sister Maxine Kollasch, IHM on the "In Good Faith" podcast to discuss our Catholic call to end the death penalty and promote restorative justice.
After federal executions pause, activists call on Biden to end the death penalty for good
Activists who oppose the death penalty said the Justice Department’s temporary stop of federal executions is a step in the right direction, but not enough.
U.S. Bishops welcome moratorium on federal executions
The Bishops of the United States welcome the government’s imposition of a ban on federal executions, and call for the abolition of the death penalty.
New death penalty documentary comes on heels of abolition petition
“The Phantom,” a new documentary on a capital murder case gone awry, is being released in theaters amid a Catholic Mobilizing Network campaign asking President Joe Biden to abolish the federal death penalty.
Justice for all: Restorative justice goes beyond retribution
Restorative justice undoes the blindfold to take account of all the harm done on all sides of the ledger and dares to ask: What next?
Anti-death penalty activists press Biden on campaign promise to end capital punishment
Anti-death penalty activists and civil rights groups have begun pressing the Biden administration to keep its pledge to end federal executions, expressing frustration over the president’s inaction on a key campaign promise.
Asking God for a sign amid life and death
On the 16th anniversary of Connecticut's last execution, a Catholic sister recalls her visits with Michael Ross before he was put to death.
Catholics make last-minute appeal of execution in Texas
Catholic Mobilizing Network, which opposes the death penalty, is asking for Catholics to contact Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and ask him to halt Quintin Jones’ execution with a 30-day reprieve.
Advocate: S. Carolina approval of firing squad, electric chair ‘chilling’
“The decade without executions in South Carolina should be seen as a mark of progress toward a culture of life, not a reason to backslide into immoral and gruesome means of killing."
