Interviews
Medical Journal Articles
Evidence Against Use of Nitrogen for the Death Penalty by Philip E. Bickler, MD, PhD and Michael S. Lipnick, MD JAMA May 29, 2024
General Articles and Commentaries
US Bishops Criticize Trump’s Executive Orders on Climate, Death Penalty, Immigration by Daniel Payne/ Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register
The death penalty: Vengeance, justice or mercy by Thomas Reese Religion News Service
Catholics praise President Biden's mercy for death penalty inmates by Carol Zimmermann National Catholic Reporter
Catholics seeking to end US death penalty chart Jubilee course in God’s justice by Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy Catholic Mobilizing Network/Vatican News
Pakistani woman sentenced to death for allegedly blaspheming Muhammed by Andrés Henríquez Catholic News Agency
Catholic advocates work to abolish death penalty at federal level by Daniel Paynes Catholic News Agency
Pope Francis says death penalty fuels ‘poison’ of revenge in preface to new book on prison chaplaincy by Justin McLellan Catholic News Service/America
Church in Pakistan pleads for Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy by Lisa Zengarini Vatican News
Chad Daybell is sentenced to death in ‘doomsday’ triple-murder case by Ray Sanchez CNN
ChurchToo Survivors Call on CA Governor Gavin Newsom by Scott Douglas Jacobsen Good Men Media
Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest-ever fraud case by Anzruddha Ghosal The Associated Press
California bishop praises district attorney’s decision to reset death penalties by John Lavenburg Crux
Meet the Death Row prisoner who discovered a “saint sleeping within his soul” by Brother Silas Henderson, SDS Aleteia
Capitol Hill Democrats introduce bill to end federal death penalty by The Catholic New Agency/The Catholic World Report
Catholic priest shares inside look of accompanying a man on death row by Francesca Pollio Fenton Catholic News Agency
Texas pastor pleads guilty to possession of child sex abuse images by Julianne McShane NBC News
Florida bishops appeal to DeSantis to commute death sentence by John Lavenburg Crux
‘Thou shall not kill’–not even a murderer by Tony Magliano The Southern Cross
DeSantis disregards Catholic bishops on death penalty, oversees Florida's 100th execution by Kate Scanlon OSV News
The Horns of the Death Penalty Dilemma by Peter Kwasniewski, PhD 1 Peter 5
Death sentence upheld for Indonesian teacher for rape by Katharina Reny Lestari UCA News
'Definitely a vulnerable person': Openly transgender woman’s planned execution could be first in the U.S. by Maya Boddie AlterNet
USA: New report shows 2022 was 'year of botched executions' by Independent Catholic News
Jewish death row inmate should get new trial due to "antisemitic bias," Texas judge rules by CBS
Oregon governor commutes all 17 of state's death sentences by Andrew Selsky The Associated Press/Yahoo
Caribbean campaigners speak out against death penalty by Leela Ramdeen Independent Catholic News
Death by horror: As Saudi beheads 12 people in 10 days, a look at some capital punishment methods in history by Iram Ibrahim First Post
Israel’s Haredi voters drift hard right in leadership vacuum by Ilan Ben Zion The Associated Press/Religion News Service
Questions about death penalty in Japan need answering by UCA News
‘Can’t not do it,’ says Sister Prejean of her fight to end death penalty by Carol Zimmerman Catholic News Service/Crux
Archbishop Cordileone: It is past time to strike down the death penalty by Archbishop Salvatore and Joseph Cordileone America
Pope Francis calls for abolition of death penalty worldwide by Independent Catholic News
Catholic leaders speak out against Arizona executions by Carol Zimmerman Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter
Music helps young refugee cope in detention centre by Independent Catholic News
Missionary priest praises Central African Republic for abolishing death penalty by Ngala Killian Chimtom Crux
Ahmadreza Djalali: Sweden alarmed by Iran's reported plan to execute doctor by BBC
Texas bishops call execution of death-row inmate an ‘act of vengeance’ by Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service
From death penalty to eternal life by Father Roger J. Landry The Pilot
Israeli receives death penalty in UAE for drug possession by Jerusalem Post
Condemned man wins case seeking pastor’s touch and prayer during execution by Katie Yoder Catholic News Agency
Development Of Doctrine Concerning Slavery And The Death Penalty by Henry Karlson Patheos
A Catholic theologian argues for a death row inmate’s right to have the pastor’s touch in the execution chamber by Dorian Llywelyn Religion News Service
Pakistan church hosts campaign against death penalty. The interactive campaign by Justice Project Pakistan is dedicated to women sentenced to death by Zahid Hussain Khan UCA News
Pew Research Study: Majority of US Adults Support Death Penalty by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register
Providence sister talks about the grief and gift of accompanying two men to federal execution by Dan Stockman The Global Sisters Report
Death penalty abolished in Virginia by Zoey Maraist Catholic Herald
Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases by Mixhael Tarm The Associated Press
Pakistan halts execution of mentally ill death row inmates. Rights groups welcome the Supreme Court ruling for easing the plight of vulnerable prisoners by Zahid Hussain Khan UCA News
Alabama cancels execution after court requires pastor by Kim Chandler The Associated Press/Crux
Virginia’s lawmakers vote to abolish the death penalty. Catholic activists helped make it happen. by America
A Rush to Execute by David Cole The New York Review
The families against the death penalty, no matter their personal pain by Colman McCarthy National Catholic Reporter
Our divided church has to grapple with being pro-life by Donna Gunn Global Sisters Report
William Barr, a Catholic, went out of his way to use the death penalty (and defy church teaching) by Mark Silk Religion News Service/America
Catholics' involvement in death penalty killing spree is scandalous by James F. Keenan, William R. MontrossJr. National Catholic Reporter
Catholic leaders decry additional federal execution measures by Carol Zimmermann CNA/Crux
Illinois priest appointed as USCCB associate general secretary by Catholic News Service/Angelus
Pope to Latin American seminarians: 'Cure the world of evil that afflicts it'. Pope Francis receives members of the Pontifical Latin American College in Rome, and reminds them of the richness that their culture has to offer to Christian communities around the world. by Vatican News staff writer Vatican News
Supreme Court allows federal execution of Texas inmate to proceed by Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service/Angelus
Argentine archbishop condemns lynching of suspect in child murder by Inés San MartínOc Crux
Catholic Church committed to global abolition of Death Penalty by Leela M Ramdeen Independent Catholic News
Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti, And The Death Penalty by Henry Karson Patheos
Pope Francis closes the door on the death penalty in ‘Fratelli Tutti’ by Father James Martin. S.J.. America’
Death penalty denounced for ignoring people's capability to be 'redeemed' by Natalie Hoefer Catholic News Service/National Catholic Register
Trump Prepares to Execute Christopher Vialva for a Crime He Committed as a Teenager. Vialva is the first Black man to face execution during Trump’s killing spree. He is set to die on September 24 by Liliana Segura The Intercept
US government executes killer obsessed with witchcraft by Michael Tarm Associated Press
Report: The death penalty is a ‘descendant of slavery’ by Erika Rasmussen America
Over the Objections of the Navajo Nation, Trump Prepares to Execute Lezmond Mitchell by Liliana Segura The Intercept
USCCB to Trump administration: ‘Stop these executions!’ by CNA Daily News/The Catholic World Report
The Federal Government is about to execute the only Native American man on death row—despite his tribe’s wishes. by Krisanne Vaillancourt MurphyAmerica
The Death Penalty Cannot Be Justified Through Retributive Justice Or Self-Defense by Henry Karlson Patheos
Philippines Bishops explain opposition to death penalty by Vatican News
Development, not deviation: Evaluating Francis’ modification on the death penalty by Thomas J. Nash The Catholic World Report
Death Penalty: Avoiding Ambiguity in Doctrinal Matters by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo Return to Order
And Yet, They Are Like Us: The Death Penalty and Human Dignity by Emily Claire Schmitt Patheos
Sister Helen Prejean: Stop the federal killings by Helen Prejean, CSJ America
Supreme Court allows blocked federal execution to proceed by Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter
US Bishops appeal to Administration to reverse course on Federal executions byVaticanNews
Alabama death row inmate hopes courts will allow chaplain by his side at execution by Jackson StephensReligion News Service
Critics denounce Attorney General Barr’s decision to set execution dates for death row inmates by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service/America
Pakistan prisoner group calls for halt to executions by UCA News reporterUCA News
Death penalty opponents decry first execution carried out amid pandemic by Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service/Crux
This Lent, U.S. Catholics Are Called To Reckon With The Sin Of Capital Punishment by Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy America
U.S. Bishops Say Death Row Inmate Likely Innocent, Call for New Trial by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register
For those on death row, redemption of souls is what matters most by Joshua Hren America
Judge blocks scheduled executions of federal death-row inmates by Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service/America
Over 250 conservative activists sign statement opposing death penalty by Jesse Remedios National Catholic Reporter
Event to mark Catholic group’s 10-year fight against death penalty by Christopher White Crux
Auschwitz Memorial chronicles the sacrifice of St. Maximilian Kolbe by, Angelus/Catholic News Agency
A rabbi pleads with AG William Barr: Don’t bring the death penalty to Pittsburg by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service
Mercy sisters honored for efforts to help New Hampshire end death penalty by Catholic News Service/Crux
George Clooney and Elton John help change gay death penalty by CathNews
Louisiana bishop urges state to put an end to capital punishment by Christopher White Crux
Bishop calls on UK to promote global abolition of death penalty by Independent Catholic News
Supreme Court's recent actions reveal its death penalty divide by Carol Zimmerman CNS/The Pilot
After California, the real reason we should end the death penalty—for good. by Valerie Schultz America
Bishop appeals to save Filipino woman on Saudi death row by UCANews.com Reporter
Pope says Church’s teaching on death penalty has ‘matured’ by Inés San Martín Crux
Pope on death penalty: offer the condemned the possibility to change life by Varican News
Supreme Court throws out inmate's death sentence due to mental disability by Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter
Sister Helen Prejean fought the death penalty—and won by Zac Davis America
Pope Francis begs for end to death penalty through an ethic of caring by Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp Vatican News
Life without parole is no moral alternative to the death penalty by Katie Rose Quandt America
Do We Really Want The Death Penalty For Drug Dealers? by Mary Pezzulo Steel Mangnificat'
Philippine Catholics protest drug killings, death penalty by Reuters Staff
The death penalty and doctrine, Part 2 by Dermot Roantree The Jesuits in Ireland
The death penalty and doctrine, Part 1 by Dermot Roantree The Jesuits in Ireland
Pope condemns death penalty and possession of nuclear weapons by Tony Magliano Angelus
Pope’s Death Penalty Remarks Signal a New Approach to Development of Doctrine byNational Catholic Register
Pope Francis: The death penalty is contrary to the Gospel by Gerard O'Connell America
Willful Obstinance: Catholics and the Death Penalty by Sean Hagerty, SJ The Jesuit Post
Catholic leaders decry fourth Arkansas execution in eight days by Carol Zimmermann CNS
Arkansas executions damage 'our whole society,' Catholic group says by Matt Hadro CNA
Man executed last night in Arkansas chose Communion for his last mealby Associated Press
Dead Man Walking: Religious Leaders Dialogue on the Death Penalty by Catholic Mobilizing Network
Supreme Court rejects Texas' standards for executing the intellectually disabled by Matt Hadro CNA/EWTN News
Why this slain priest's opposition to the death penalty matters by CNS/EWTN News
Philippines bishops oppose bid for severe death penalty revival CNA Crux
The death penalty in Catholic teaching and medicine: intersections and places for dialogue. by Norko MA. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2008;36(4):470-81
The Church's Anti-Death Penalty Position A Statement of the Catholic Bishops of the United States
Pope: no to death penalty and to inhuman prison conditions by News VA
Catholic Bishops and Other Religious Groups Urge Supreme Court to Halt Juvenile Executions by Theodore Cardinal McCarrick USCCB
Nevada blocked from carrying out nation’s first execution using fentanyl after challenge over another drug by Mark Berman The Washington
Catholic bishops urge governor to halt upcoming executions by Theresa Laurence Catholic News Service
Three Takeaways on the Death Penalty by David Cloutier Catholic Moral Theology
Pope Francis: ‘death penalty inadmissable’ by Linda Bordoni Vatican News
Rejecting the death penalty advances the culture of life by Blase J. Cupich America
Videos
Moral/Theological Aspects of the Death Penalty by The Catholic University of America
Catholics and the Death Penalty
Pope Francis' Message on Death Penalty - 2016.06.21
Catholic Teaching on the Death Penalty
Resources
Prayers
Prayer To End The Use Of The Death Penalty Merciful Father, we ask your blessing on all we do to build a culture of life. Hear our prayers for those impacted by the death penalty. We pray for all people, that their lives and dignity as children of a loving God may be respected and protected in all stages and circumstances. We pray for victims of violence and their families, that they may experience our love and support and find comfort in your compassion and in the promise of eternal life.