Oklahoma was scheduled to execute Tremane Wood on the morning of November 13 for his role in the murder of Ronnie Wipf. A week prior, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board had recommended in a…
In the last few months, we’ve heard much about the death penalty on the national stage. As we reflect on the past quarter, this report highlights key trends, analysis and developments shaping the conversation across…
Pope Leo releases “Dilexi te”, expressing the Church’s unwavering commitment to the poor and marginalized. Urgency to address structural injustice that impoverishes, excludes and marginalizes people in society is not a secondary sideshow for the…
Advocates around the world celebrate World Day Against the Death Penalty on Friday, October 10. Throughout the United States, advocacy events, public witnesses, and prayer vigils lead up to the day. Advocates around the world…
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 and the Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life co-sponsored this panel as part of the 2025 National Catholic Conference on Restorative Justice. Hosted in-person for conference attendees in Atlanta,…
With a recent uptick in executions and states pursuing the use of capital punishment in new ways, understanding the deeper forces at play is more important now than ever. 2025 is a pivotal moment in…
In the span of three weeks this June, six men were executed by five states: This pace defies years-long trends demonstrating progressive disfavor with the death penalty across the country. Notably, the execution of Thomas…
In May 2025, CMN staff members Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy and Emmjolee Mendoza Waters traveled to the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth in Texas to participate in the Presbyterial Assembly of all priests in the diocese,…
Catholic Mobilizing Network joyfully welcomes our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV! This moment is historic for many reasons, but certainly among them is the fact that Pope Leo XIV is the first pope from…
Dozens of young adults ages 18-39 from all across the country entered poems in Catholic Mobilizing Network’s 2025 Justice & Mercy Poetry Contest. The fourth-annual contest invited young people of faith to write about the…