This movie provides several takeaways that help direct us in our next steps to work for the abolition of the death penalty.
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Posted Mar 26 2024 |
Posted Mar 07 2024 |
In honor of Catholic Sisters Week 2024, we're highlighting 6 incredible Catholic sisters who are involved in the work of ending the death penalty and promoting restorative justice.
Posted Nov 17 2023 |
Learn more about restorative justice, dive into restorative practices, and share this healing vision with your community.
Posted Sep 21 2023 |
Many practitioners of restorative justice experience a similar exhaustion. Rest is a vital element to sustaining ourselves in this work.
Posted Aug 02 2023 |
The Catechism revision was not unprecedented. What led us here, and where have we gone since?
Posted Apr 25 2023 |
We've selected five resources for you to explore this week to honor, support, and pray with crime victims and their families as they continue on their journeys of healing.
Posted Mar 08 2023 |
In honor of #CatholicSistersWeek, we're shining a spotlight on women religious who are transforming the criminal legal system.
Posted Jan 30 2023 |
In conversations with others, how do we 'do justice' to restorative justice?
Posted Jan 20 2023 |
A filmmaker visits a Brazilian prison where the incarcerated hold the keys to their own cells — and to their futures.
Posted Oct 24 2022 |
Did you cross paths with CMN this summer or fall? Here are all the places you might have seen us.
Posted Oct 14 2022 |
Catholic Mobilizing Network demonstrates what Catholic anti-death penalty witness looks like in practice, in accordance with Pope Francis’ call.
Posted Sep 26 2022 |
There is a dire need to serve this community with restorative ministries that are culturally competent, evidence-based, and trauma informed.
Posted Sep 09 2022 |
I do not devote my entire homilies to the subject of the death penalty, but whenever the opportunity arises, I mention it. It is my hope that I convey to my parishioners that the death penalty is wrong in many ways — not only in the official teachings of the Catholic Church, but in the scriptures themselves, particularly in the teachings of Jesus.
Posted Jul 29 2022 |
In the Diocese of San Diego, circles created the ideal environment for listening and beginning the process of building a synodal Church.
Posted May 12 2022 |
The work of racial justice requires that we all bring our unique gifts, talents, and experiences to the table.
Posted May 06 2022 |
A group of mothers who have lost children to crime, violence, or incarceration journeys together on the path of healing.
Posted Nov 10 2021 |
Military veterans are overrepresented on death rows across the U.S. This is unacceptable.
Posted Oct 08 2021 |
This World Day Against the Death Penalty, it is necessary to reflect on the role of trauma in cases like Lisa’s, and how it plays an outsized role in landing people like her on death row.
Posted Sep 21 2021 |
By protecting those who participate in restorative processes, the practice can continue to grow in courts, schools, and communities.
Posted Aug 23 2021 |
From working as a mediator to creating spaces for healing and transformation in Catholic communities, Anne Buchanan shares her journey to restorative justice.
