Tag: death penalty
Fighting death penalty
We are persons of peace and at all times we can and should seek peace. (Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 4 , 5.)
Source of hope in campaign against death penalty
The World Congress is a source of hope against the backdrop of an impending return of the death penalty to the Philippines
Pope Francis celebrates Mass with about 30,000 faithful in Bahrain
Matricia, a Filipina living in Dammam in neighboring Saudi Arabia, said she felt "lucky" to be at Saturday morning's mass
Pope again raises voice against death penalty
"Society can effectively repress crime without definitively depriving the offenders of the possibility of redeeming themselves"
Philippines’ anti-death penalty lobby lacks numbers, says prison ministry official
At present, there are six pending measures in Congress that seek to restore capital punishment in the country
Video: ‘The death penalty is inadmissible’ – Pope Francis
Pope Francis said that “the death penalty is morally inadmissible as it destroys the most important gift we have received: life.”
Philippine women’s group calls for justice for four activists executed in...
The death sentences are the first known judicial executions in Myanmar since 1988, according to Amnesty International
Southeast Asian MPs condemn ‘barbaric’ executions of political prisoners in Myanmar
State-run New Light of Myanmar said "the punishment has been carried out under the prison's procedures," without elaborating
Singapore executes fifth drug trafficker since March
The spate of hangings has prompted growing calls for Singapore to abolish the death penalty
Singapore conducts two more executions: activists
The latest executions come after the hanging of a mentally disabled man in April sparked widespread international outrage
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