Photo Gallery: Justice Reimagined Awards & Celebration
CMN Honors Cardinal Wilton Gregory and Vicki & Syl Schieber at “Justice Reimagined” Event
October 11, 2022 | On the annual World Day Against the Death Penalty, more than 200 people joined Catholic Mobilizing Network for the Justice Reimagined Awards & Celebration to celebrate three anti-death penalty champions and staunch…
CMN Announces Release of the Pope’s Prayer Video — For the Abolition of the Death Penalty
Pope Francis Calls For the Global Abolition of the Death Penalty (Washington, DC) August 31, 2022 | As part of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, Pope Francis has designated his monthly prayer intention for September to…
CMN Announces Winners of 2022 Justice & Mercy Poetry Contest
This spring, young Catholics from across the United States wrote poems that grappled with the horror of capital punishment and a belief that every person should be treated with dignity as part of CMN’s inaugural Justice…
Oklahoma Pushes to Schedule 25 Executions
This is an evolving situation that CMN is monitoring closely. Catholic Mobilizing Network and the Oklahoma Conference of Catholic Bishops are encouraging Catholic clergy and vowed religious to add their names to a faith leader…
CMN Statement on Stay of Execution for Melissa Lucio
April 25, 2022 | CMN Executive Director Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy offers the following statement regarding the recent stay of execution for Melissa Lucio issued by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. “We give thanks to God…
Arizona Readies Gas Chamber for First Execution Since 2014
UPDATE August 8, 2022 | On May 11, 2022, the state of Arizona resumed executions for the first time since 2014. The state, which made headlines after refurbishing its execution gas chamber in 2020, put…
South Carolina Prepares for First Execution in 10 Years, Which Could Involve the Firing Squad
UPDATE August 8, 2022 | Judge set to determine constitutionality of South Carolina’s execution methods Following the conclusion of last week’s four-day bench trial in South Carolina, a judge will now determine the constitutionality of…
A Holy Week Message from CMN’s Executive Director
April 13, 2022 | As we continue through Holy Week, CMN’s executive director offers encouragement to those who stand at the foot of Jesus’ cross, bearing witness to Christ’s execution and the state-sanctioned killings of our…
Kentucky Advances Bill Protecting People with Serious Mental Illness from Execution
April 11, 2022 Update | On April 8, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed into law HB 269, making Kentucky the second state in the country to formally exempt people with severe mental illness from receiving the…
Catholic Leaders Urge Clemency for Texas Mother Facing Execution Despite Strong Innocence Claim
Texas plans to execute Melissa Lucio, a Mexican-American mother and practicing Catholic, on April 27, 2022 despite there being serious doubts about her guilt. Given Melissa’s strong innocence claim, Catholic leaders are calling on Gov….
