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U.S. Papal Nuncio Hosts Celebration for Death Penalty Opponents with Awards given to USCCB President Archbishop Coakley and Elizabeth Bruenig

BREAKING Catholic Military Archdiocese Head - Archbishop Broglio Calls on Catholics Assigned to Execution Firing Squad to Request to be Excused and Asks "do we really want to imitate the terrorists"

BREAKING Pope Leo XIV Reaffirms Catholic Teaching that the Death Penalty "is inadmissible" as it is "an attack" on the "dignity of the person" - FULL TEXT

Vatican Nuncio at the U.N. Defends Sanctity of Life from Conception to Natural End and Calls for an Abolition of “the death penalty" as "inadmissible"

BREAKING U.S. Bishops' President Archbishop Coakley Condemns Plans for Livestream of Fort Hood Shooter's Execution as ‘a Barbaric Promotion of a Culture of Death’ - USCCB

BREAKING Catholic Bishops Calls on their State to Replace the Death Penalty with Life Without Parole in Tennessee

Archbishop Coakley on the Execution Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez "I am disheartened as the State of Oklahoma continues along an ominous path"

Catholic Bishops of Florida Urge an End to the Death Penalty - in New Letter - as it "promotes a culture of death"

Catholic Group Advocates for End of the Death Penalty and Supports Gov. Mike DeWine's Stance

Catholic Bishops of Tennessee Call for an End to the State's Death Penalty

Catholic Bishops of Florida Urge Governor DeSantis to Stay 2 Executions

Despite Letter from Bishops, Reformed Inmate Michael Zack Undergoes the Death Penalty for his Deadly Crimes in Florida

Catholic Bishops of Florida on Death Penalty Ruling “The death penalty neither restores life nor alleviates suffering but only perpetuates violence and vengeance."

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma Concerned Over Scheduled Death Penalty for Mentally Ill Man Named Benjamin Cole

Oklahoma Bishops Saddened by Refusal of Clemency for Death Row Inmate "Pray for an end to the death penalty."

Former Coptic Orthodox Monk Receives Death Penalty for Murdering Bishop Epiphanios

US Bishops Welcome the Repeal of the Death Penalty in Virginia "...reverence for the dignity of every human life..." - FULL TEXT

US Bishops' Chairmen Ask Congress to Abolish Federal Death Penalty and Call for End to Executions

US Bishops' Chairmen Call on Government to End Federal Executions - FULL TEXT

US Bishops Lament Federal Executions “The Church’s opposition to the death penalty is clear... " Full Text