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Archbishop of San Quentin defies expectationsNo one in California has been executed since 2006

Archbishop of San Quentin defies expectations
No one in California has been executed since 2006

When Pope Francis asked Catholics to pray this September for an end to the death penalty, I in turn asked my flock to join him, stating: “It is well past time that the death penalty be

Federal government to resume capital punishmentCalifornia bishops don't like it, promote Catholic Mobilizing Network petition to stop the executions on California Catholic Conference website

Federal government to resume capital punishment
California bishops don't like it, promote Catholic Mobilizing Network petition to stop the executions on California Catholic Conference website

The U.S. government is scheduled to execute four death row inmates within a six-week period starting December 9.

The number of death row inmates scheduled is in stark contrast to the mere three

U.S. resumes use of death penaltyJustice Department schedules executions for five federal inmates convicted of horrific murders and sex crimes

U.S. resumes use of death penalty
Justice Department schedules executions for five federal inmates convicted of horrific murders and sex crimes

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades-long dormant policy allowing the federal government’s use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.

“Congress has expressly

California governor imposes death-penalty moratorium

California governor imposes death-penalty moratorium

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday will impose an indefinite moratorium on carrying out the death penalty, arguing that the cost, finality and racial imbalance among death-row inmates make the punishment immoral and a public

A state crime

A state crime

The death penalty is always a rejection of the Gospel and of human dignity, and therefore must be rejected by all countries, Pope Francis told the Delegation of the International Commission against the Death Penalty on

Governor Brown asked to order moratorium on death penalty

Governor Brown asked to order moratorium on death penalty

Ministers of Justice from 25 countries have joined the Rome-based Community of Sant’Egidio, one of the new lay movements in the Catholic Church, to jointly issue an appeal to California Governor Jerry Brown to impose a

Pope Francis “breaks Catholic traditions whenever he wants”

Pope Francis “breaks Catholic traditions whenever he wants”

Under Pope Francis, the Church is now “openly ruled by an individual rather than by the authority of Scripture alone or even its own dictates of tradition plus Scripture,” a Vatican adviser has said.

“An authentic development of the Church’s doctrine”

“An authentic development of the Church’s doctrine”

For some years now, I have expressed my concern that the death penalty is both cruel and unnecessary and I have called for its abolition.

So, I welcome the changes to The Catechism

Vatican changes Catechism teaching on death penalty

Vatican changes Catechism teaching on death penalty

The Vatican changed Thursday the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s teaching on the permissibility of the death penalty, which the Church has taught is legitimate in limited cases, stating the penalty is ‘inadmissible,’ and its elimination

Is Church teaching changing on the death penalty?

Is Church teaching changing on the death penalty?

The Church has consistently taught that the state has the authority to use the death penalty. But, in recent years, popes and bishops have become more vocal in calling for an end to its use. Many

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