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Catholics in US urged to campaign against death penalty
Opponents of the death penalty voiced dismay after five men were executed in the United States in the space of one week, including Marcellus Williams, whose prosecutors had raised doubts about the safety of his conviction. Source: The Tablet.
South Carolina to resume executions after 13-year pause
The South Carolina Department of Corrections could potentially execute one death row inmate every 35 days as the state resumes executions on September 20 after a 13-year pause in carrying out the death penalty. Source: National Catholic Register.
Pope says Catholics should ‘collectively call for the abolition of the death penalty’
Capital punishment promotes a deadly attitude of revenge and denies the possibility of change in the lives of incarcerated people, Pope Francis has written in the preface to a new book on prison chaplaincy. Source: NCR Online.
Pakistan court sentences Christian man to death for blasphemy
The chair of the Catholic Church’s National Commission for Justice and Peace in Pakistan has lambasted a court for passing the death sentence on a Christian man found guilty of blasphemy in connection with one of the worst atrocities against minorities in the country’s history. Source: Aid to the Church in Need.
‘Renewed momentum’ in the US to end capital punishment
Five years after Pope Francis updated the Catechism of the Catholic Church to clarify the Church’s teaching on the death penalty, there is “renewed momentum” in the United States to end the practice, a leading Catholic activist said. Source: OSV News.
Archbishop calls for end to death penalty after Oklahoma execution
Following the execution of a convicted murderer, the Archbishop of Oklahoma City has renewed calls to abolish the death penalty, which he called an “archaic punishment”. Source: CNA.
Two Australians on death row in Vietnam granted clemency
Two Australians facing the death penalty in Vietnam have been granted clemency after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited the country on the weekend. Source: News.com.au.