In the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year, Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN) mobilized hundreds of thousands of Catholics to oppose a resurgence of federal executions and to advance alternative approaches to justice that promote healing, transformation, and human dignity.
Our FY 2021 Impact Report highlights the triumphs and challenges of this highly anomalous year. Take a look below.
October 10 is “World Day Against the Death Penalty,” a day where people across the globe will gather to oppose capital punishment. Here in the U.S, faith-based events scattered across the country on October 10…
Catholic Mobilizing Network has unveiled its new website—an exciting development for the organization which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. CMN’s Executive Director Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy said, “We are thrilled to share Catholic Mobilizing Network’s…
On May 9, 2024, Pope Francis announced the Jubilee Year 2025 in a ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica. The theme for this Jubilee year: Pilgrims of Hope. Pope Francis announced the 2025 Jubilee Year in…
On April 12, 2024, Judge Arturo Nelson, a district judge who presided over Melissa Lucio’s capital murder case, recommended to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that her conviction be overturned. The judge’s recommendation supports…
From left to right: Katie Painter, first place; Morgan Miles, second place; Krystia Ramirez, third place. Dozens of young adults ages 18-30 from all across the country entered poems in Catholic Mobilizing Network’s 2024 Justice…
The National Registry of Exonerations recently released its 2023 Annual Report. The organization, which is a project of the Newkirk Center for Science & Society at University of California Irvine, the University of Michigan Law…
In the Fall of 2021, Pope Francis announced the historic Synod on Synodality — a journey for the global Church which is rooted in listening and dialogue. Immediately, it was clear that this model was…
Louisiana has not executed any individual since 2010. Under the leadership of newly-elected Governor Jeff Landry, that might change. This week the Louisiana legislature met for a special session to consider over a dozen bills…
Anthony Ray Hinton, author of The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life, Freedom, and Justice, spent 30 years on death row in Alabama for a crime he did not commit. Through the tireless efforts…
Late in the evening on January 25, 2024, Alabama executed Kenneth “Kenny” Eugene Smith by nitrogen hypoxia. It was the first known execution using this method. Kenny was restrained to a gurney with an industrial-grade…
On January 25, Alabama plans to execute Kenneth “Kenny” Eugene Smith using the untested execution method of nitrogen hypoxia. Nitrogen hypoxia is a process in which an individual is fitted with a mask and forced…
January 3, 2024 | The United Nations shared in a press release that a group of experts who volunteer their skills to advise the UN Human Rights Council on specific issues across the world were “alarmed”…
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