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Government of Cuba announces release of more than 2,000 prisoners for Easter
The Cuban government announced the release of 2,010 prisoners for Easter on April 2 — the highest number in recent…
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Pakistan Christian prisoners rebuild lives after church bombings
LAHORE, Pakistan — Every year during Lent, Sunil Masih remembers his elder brother as churches in Youhanabad — Lahore’s largest…
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Cuban government to release 51 prisoners following Vatican talks
The Cuban government announced that it will release 51 people from prison because of its “smooth” relations with the Vatican…
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Dictatorship in Nicaragua releases dozens of political prisoners after U.S. pressure
Daniel Ortega, dictator of Nicaragua. | Credit: Council of Communication and Citizenship of the Government of Nicaragua – el19digital.com (CC0…
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‘Every execution should be stopped’: How U.S. bishops work to save prisoners on death row
null / Credit: txking/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Bishops in multiple U.S. states are leading…
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Pope receives prisoners’ prayers for recovery while hospitalized in Rome
Concert at the Santa Maria dell'Olivo convent in Maciano, Italy, in July 2024. / Credit: Courtesy of Amici della Nave…
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Cuba’s release of prisoners motivated by economics and politics, expert says
Archbishop Dionisio Guillermo García of Santiago de Cuba prays before an image of Mary in the Basilica National Sanctuary of…
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Cuban government announces release of 553 prisoners through mediation of Pope Francis
Pope Francis meets with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on June 20, 2023, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI…
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Biden commutes death row sentences of nearly 40 federal prisoners
President Joe Biden on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, commuted the death row sentences of more than three dozen federal prisoners,…
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Meet the pro-life prisoners whom Trump is expected to pardon
From left: John Hinshaw, Jonathan Darnel, Lauren Handy, Joan Bell, and Jean Marshall are among the pro-life activists who are…
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