A Reflection for Ash Wednesday
New Ways of Engaging with the World By: Mary Beaudoin Each year we hear the Ash Wednesday readings. What would change if we took these words of Scripture more seriously, and not as something so…
A Reflection for the First Sunday in Lent
The Fruits of Our Lenten Labors By: Andy Rivas In his recent 2019 Lenten message, Pope Francis reflected on how fasting, prayer and almsgiving can lead us to a profound conversion. Each of us has…
Winter 2019: What We’ve Been Up To
2019 got off to a rapid start for all of us at CMN. No sooner had we returned from our Christmas celebrations that we were diving into planning for new events, conferences, and campaigns. Within two weeks…
10 Ways to Proclaim #HopeOverDeath
By: Emma Tacke “The Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that ‘the death penalty is inadmissible’ […] and she works with determination for its abolition worldwide.” (CCC 2267) Yes, as stated in the…
2018 Midterm Results
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The United States, being the only Western nation to still actively employ the use of capital punishment,…
Onward from Washington State…
History Is Made On October 11th, just one day after the 2018 World Day Against the Death Penalty, Catholic Mobilizing Network rejoiced at the announcement that Washington’s State Supreme Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional. The historic…
The Catechism Revision: Where Do We Go From Here?
By: Emma Tacke With his historic revision to the Catechism, Pope Francis gave us a new platform from which to advocate for an end to the death penalty. Now the only question is question is:…
Catholic Mobilizing Network Emboldened by Catechism Revision on Death Penalty
For Immediate Release: August 2, 2018 For More Information: Caitlin Morneau (202) 541-5290 caitlin@catholicsmobilizing.org Catholic Mobilizing Network Emboldened by Catechism Revision on Death Penalty “The death penalty is inadmissible because it…
Powerful Witness at Starvin’ for Justice
By: Emma Tacke It never fails that over the past twenty-five years since its beginning, Starvin’ for Justice falls on some of the hottest days of the summer. This year was no exception. Despite the…
States Seeking to Reinstate the Death Penalty
By: Emma Tacke It is an inspiring time to be a part of the movement to end the death penalty. Death sentences and executions in 2017 remained near 2016’s historic lows, as public support has…
2018’s Work to End the Death Penalty: Legislative Recap and Look Forward
Legislative efforts to end the use of the death penalty in key states have proved active and energized during the first half of 2018. In some state houses that considered legislation to either repeal or limit…
Films Reflect upon Harm and Humanity within the Death Penalty
By: Emma Tacke This month I had the pleasure of attending the screenings of two powerful documentaries: True Conviction and In the Executioner’s Shadow. Both of these films effectively use the vehicle of personal stories…