by John Freund, CM | Dec 6, 2012 | Justice and Peace
 John L. Allen Jr.  writes a brief dispatch from Denmark on Catholic activism on the death penalty. Rumors of the death of the church’s passion for social justice have been greatly exaggerated, at least to judge by a high-profile international conference in Rome...
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 17, 2012 | Church
According to Fides News Agency …The Archbishop of Miami, His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Wenski and five Bishops of Florida sent a letter to Governor Rick Scott, asking him to stop Robert Waterhouse’s execution and commute the death sentence with life imprisonment without...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 30, 2011 | Church
Benedict XVI greeted a delegation gathered in Rome that is working to abolish the death penalty. The group included members from Illinois where the death penalty was recently outlawed. View his presentation at RomeReports TV.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 1, 2011 | Justice and Peace
The following appeal, published by Catholic Moral Theology, calling for the abolition of the death penalty in the USA has already been signed by 160 leading Catholic academics: (Breaking News… Vatican Clarification on Death Penalty) There were two...
by Beth | Feb 11, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Sister Helen Prejean,  a leading national voice for abolishing capital punishment, announced Feb. 9 that she is donating her personal archives to DePaul University. Her archives include personal journals, notes from meetings, letters, speeches and other artifacts...
