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FaithFaith in Focus
Stephen McNulty
It is right and just to feel anger at people like the Parkland shooter. What do we do with that anger, though?
Protesters against the death penalty outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington Oct. 13, 2021. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
“This rush to execute would be reckless in any state, but Oklahoma in particular has a horrendous track record for problematic executions.”
A priest prays with a death-row inmate in 2008 at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Ind. (CNS photo/Tim Hunt, Northwest Indiana Catholic)
FaithShort Take
Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy
Why is it that so many of us shed tears in remembering Christ’s execution on Good Friday yet condone the state-sanctioned killing of our neighbors throughout the rest of the year?
Demonstrators in Washington rally against the death penalty outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Oct. 13, 2021.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
The Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a 6-3 vote.
Stock photo of an empty prison cell with the door slightly open.
FaithFeatures
Lyle C. May
“I returned to my Catholic upbringing, professing a faith I did not completely feel, because I was suffering and needed answers from God,” writes Lyle C. May, who is on death row in North Carolina.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
“We are grateful that the governor has prevented an irreparable mistake.”