About Just Mercy Based on Bryan Stevenson’s bestselling book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, the film Just Mercy presents the stunning true story of Walter McMillian, a black man convicted and sentenced to death in Alabama in 1988 for a crime he did not commit. The movie follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson in…
EWTN’s Kate Scanlon speaks with Syl and Vicki Schieber, who suffered the violent murder of their daughter, Shannon, yet hold true to the teachings of the church and reject the death penalty. She also interviews CMN Executive Director Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy and Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic…
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Saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941) was a Catholic priest and a conventual Franciscan friar. He was assassinated in the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz on August 14, 1941, dying from a lethal injection of carbolic acid in a starvation cell after he volunteered to take the place of a man who was in line to be…
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Catholic Mobilizing Network’s Executive Director Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy is on a panel of ministry leaders conversing about the movie Just Mercy, and the ways in which it can inspire action among Catholics to address the sin of racism. Just Mercy is available for streaming on digital platforms. It tells the stunning true story of young…
![[Video] 5 Lessons from Open Wide Our Hearts, the U.S. Bishops’ Pastoral Letter Against Racism](https://catholicsmobilizing.org/wp-content/uploads/open-wide-our-hearts-racism-woman-768x383.jpg)
In November 2018, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love – A Pastoral Letter Against Racism. This 2-minute video from Catholic Mobilizing Network highlights five important takeaways from the letter. Download Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love, A Pastoral Letter against…
![[Video] Hope Over Death: A Catholic Family’s Journey of Forgiveness and Restorative Justice](https://catholicsmobilizing.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2024-10-08-191010-768x385.jpg)
On April 2, 2010, Ann Grosmaire died after being shot by her fiance, Conor. Moved by their Catholic faith and inspired by Saint John Paul II’s forgiveness of Mehmet Ali Ağca, Ann’s parents, Kate and Deacon Andy Grosmaire, felt called to forgive Conor. Together with Conor’s parents, the Grosmaires fought to address the crime in a…