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South Carolina could execute a death row inmate every 35 days as death penalty resumes

September 11, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The South Carolina State House in Columbia, South Carolina, on May 16, 2023. / Credit: LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 11, 2024 / 09:20 am (CNA).
The South Carolina Department of Corrections could potentially exe… […]

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South Carolina ACLU asks court to allow interview of death row inmate before execution

August 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

The ACLU is petitioning South Carolina to allow media interviews with Marion Bowman, who has sat on death row for more than two decades. / Credit: South Carolina Department of Corrections.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 22, 2024 / 11:45 am (CNA… […]

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Pope Francis pens preface to US death row chaplain’s book on death penalty

August 19, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis addresses the faithful during second vespers on the feast of Our Lady of the Snows at the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Aug. 5, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Aug 19, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis commended an Am… […]

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Anti-death penalty activists celebrate 200th death row exoneree: ‘Undoubtedly optimistic’

July 17, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Jul 17, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Opponents of the death penalty in the United States are celebrating a milestone as the country marks the 200th death row exoneree in roughly 50 years and more states c… […]

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California governor: Pope Francis told me he was ‘proud’ of state’s death penalty moratorium

May 17, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

California Gov. Gavin Newsom attends an event with fellow governors in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

CNA Staff, May 17, 2024 / 15:34 pm (CNA).
California Gov. Gavi… […]

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New study suggests rampant ‘cafeteria Catholicism’

May 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 11

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 6, 2024 / 18:37 pm (CNA).
Ryan Burge, a leading researcher on religion and politics, recently compiled data indicating that “cafeteria Catholicism” is rampant in the United States. Spec… […]

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Oklahoma attorney general asks Supreme Court to halt execution of condemned convict

April 24, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Anti-death penalty activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to prevent the execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip on Sept. 29, 2015, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Larry French/Getty Images for MoveOn.org

CNA Staff, Apr… […]

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California bishop praises district attorney for seeking to change death sentences

April 11, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Apr 11, 2024 / 14:50 pm (CNA).
Bishop Oscar Cantú of San Jose recently praised a California district attor… […]

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Missouri governor denies clemency to death row inmate despite Catholic protests

April 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signs a bill in 2020. / Credit: Office of Missouri Governor/Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0

St. Louis, Mo., Apr 9, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
Republican Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri on Monday denied a request for clemency brought by … […]

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Missouri bishops plead for death row inmate on eve of execution

April 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

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CNA Staff, Apr 8, 2024 / 15:15 pm (CNA).
The Catholic bishops of Missouri are urging the faithful to contact Republican Gov. Mike Parson to stay the execution of convicted murderer Brian Dorsey, who i… […]

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Readings: • Gn 18:20-32 • Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8 • Col 2:12-14 • Lk 11:1-13 According to atheist Richard Dawkins in his best-selling book The God Delusion, the God of the Old Testament is […]

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