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Lebanon abolishes death penalty, making regional history as amnesty law sparks debate
This month Lebanon became the first country in the Middle East to abolish the death penalty, a historic step that drew widespread…
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Pew report finds most American Catholics favor death penalty for those convicted of murder
A Pew Research Center survey found that 65% of American Catholics favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder,…
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Catholic Church in Holy Land rejects death penalty, calls for mercy and human dignity
Amid growing controversy over the Israeli Knesset’s recent approval of a law permitting the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners, the…
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Archbishop Coakley mourns execution of Oklahoma murderer, urges prayers for end to death penalty
Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley this week lamented the state’s execution of convicted murderer Kendrick Simpson, urging prayers for an…
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Catholic News - Americas
Catholics form coalition opposed to the death penalty amid execution surge
Sister Helen Prejean is an anti-death-penalty advocate. / Credit: Don LaVange via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 3, 2025…
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Catholic News - Americas
Tennessee Catholic bishops call for an end to the death penalty
null / Credit: felipe caparros/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 11, 2025 / 13:44 pm (CNA). Tennessee’s Catholic bishops issued a plea…
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Catholic News - Americas
Utah seeks death penalty for Tyler Robinson in Charlie Kirk murder
Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA and a vocal evangelical Christian who was assassinated on Sept. 10, 2025,…
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Catholic News - Pope
Trump backs death penalty in all Washington, DC, murder cases; Catholic group objects
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump has called for the death penalty for capital crimes in the…
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Catholic News - Americas
Where does your state stand on the death penalty?
null / Credit: felipe caparros/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 30, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The United States is seeing the…
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Catholic News - Pope
Pakistan softens death penalty laws to keep EU trade, preserves blasphemy statutes
Pakistan minority rights campaigners protest the sentencing of a Christian man to death for sharing an allegedly blasphemous TikTok post…
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