Missouri Supreme Court Refuses to Stop Execution
September 24, 2024In Missouri, a death row inmate is facing execution after the state Supreme Court refused to halt it. In 2001, Marcellus Williams […]
Topic: Death Penalty
Inmate Put to Death In Alabama Using Nitrogen Gas As Controversial Execution Method
January 26, 2024This is the first new method of execution since 1982. That was when lethal injection was first introduced and used here in […]
Catholic Leaders Thankful for Melissa Lucio’s Stay of Execution
April 26, 2022By Currents News Staff and Carol Zimmerman WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic leaders were thankful that death-row inmate Melissa Lucio was granted a […]
Fighting For Life: Catholic Church Trying to Prevent Two Federal Executions
April 20, 2022Currents News Staff Melissa Lucio is making a last ditch effort to postpone her execution. She’s set to die next week on […]
Texas Death Row Prisoner Fights For Her Life as Catholic Advocates Say Inmate Not Given Fair Trial
March 24, 2022By Currents News Staff and Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Texas Catholic bishops joined a broad coalition of faith leaders, Latino organizations, […]
Currents News for Thursday, November 14, 2019
November 14, 2019On the newscast: It’s happened again… a deadly school shooting. This time at a California high school. A suspect’s in custody. He’s […]
Currents News for Thursday, August 22, 2019
August 22, 2019On the newscast: In just 3 weeks since the El Paso & Dayton massacres, dozens of people have been arrested for threatening […]
Currents News for Friday, July 26, 2019
July 26, 2019On the newscast: Benedict XVI makes a move. He surprises nearly everyone with his first trip outside Vatican City in four years; […]
Catholic Leaders Condemn Trump Administration’s Move to Execute Inmates
July 26, 2019By Christopher White, The Tablet’s National Correspondent NEW YORK — Attorney General William Barr’s announcement on Thursday that the federal government would […]
Currents News for Friday, September 14, 2018
September 14, 2018In this special edition: The Bishop of Brooklyn Nicholas DiMarzio presented an ambitious plan to the Pope… That will make a difference […]