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On the Way to the Stations of the Cross: Stopping at Central Prison
As we stop here on this holy ground, we remember the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ. We try to imagine the horror and atrocity of seeing a man be put to death in such a gruesome, agonizing…
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Jesus as a Man on Death Row
My mom raised my siblings and me in a Catholic household. We were all altar serversand she taught Sunday morning CCD classes for children. By adolescence though Itraded faith for substance abuse and left the church behind. It would not…
Abolition of the Death Penalty, One Catholic’s Journey to Advocacy
For me, it was a gradual journey. Usually, death penalty crimes are heinous crimes of murder and mayhem that make headline news. The cry for “justice for the victims and the families” is loud and righteous. For many years, I…
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“As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15
I entered the Catholic Church as a young adult on Easter 2002 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and ever since that day this verse has been a guiding phrase and a final mantra for every decision that I make. Twenty-five years…
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Movement toward Abolition
Redemption is Possible. Abolish the Death Penalty. We are a group of Catholics from the Raleigh, North Carolina diocese that want to see an end to the death penalty in our state. It’s that simple, and it’s that complicated. There’s…
