The death penalty still exists in 27 states and about 50 prisoners are currently on federal death row.
Advocates, editorials call on Biden to end federal death penalty
Archbishop offers special Mass to pray for jurors, peace in communities
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda and priests across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offered special Masses “For the Preservation of Peace and Justice.”
Archbishop prays for shooting victims, a stop to ‘senseless violence’
Eight people died and several others were injured in yet another the mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis.
Bishop Hoeppner apologizes to Crookston Diocese during farewell Mass
Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner presided over a farewell Mass to the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, April 15, two days after Pope Francis accepted the bishop’s resignation from pastoral governance of the northeast Minnesota diocese.
Pharmaceutical companies urged to stop using abortion-derived cell lines
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities has launched a campaign urging Catholics to write letters to pharmaceutical companies urging them to stop the use of abortion-derived cell lines in the development and testing of vaccines.
Photos of the Week: April 19, 2021
In the spotlight: Brooklyn Center shooting, Olympics countdown, Baby Fulton
Police fire tear gas into Haitian bishops’ Mass for freedom
The Mass was part of a national strike in response to recent kidnappings of clergy and religious in Haiti and growing anarchy in the Caribbean nation.
Everyone has ‘obligation’ to ‘serve the Gospel of life,’ speaker tells Minnesotans
Obianuju Ekeocha was a featured speaker whose remarks were livestreamed from Great Britain for “Catholics at the Capitol” Day April 15, sponsored by the Minnesota Catholic Conference and based at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul.