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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the federal death penalty Jan. 20, among the first actions of hi
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the federal death penalty Jan. 20, among the first actions of his second term, directing the attorney general to “pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use,” prompting statements of concern from Catholic opponents of the practice.
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The death penalty order was among those Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, called “deeply troubling” in a Jan. 22 statement about Trump’s first batch of executive orders in his second term.
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Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, executive director of Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line with Catholic teaching, said in a statement Trump’s executive order on the death penalty “makes no sense." “What we know about the death penalty is that it does not deter crime or make communities safer,” Vaillancourt Murphy said. “It’s immoral, flawed and risky, arbitrary and unfair, cruel and dehumanizing. Both the state and federal death penalty systems are broken beyond repair, and emblematic of a throwaway culture.”
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The Catholic Church’s official magisterium opposes the use of the death penalty as inconsistent with the inherent sanctity of human life, and advocates for the abolition of the practice worldwide. In his 2020 encyclical “Fratelli Tutti,” Pope Francis addressed the moral problem of capital punishment by citing St. John Paul II, writing that his predecessor “stated clearly and firmly that the death penalty is inadequate from a moral standpoint and no longer necessary from that of penal justice.”
“There can be no stepping back from this position,” Pope Francis wrote. Echoing the teaching he clarified in his 2018 revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the pontiff said, “Today we state clearly that ‘the death penalty is inadmissible’ and the church is firmly committed to calling for its abolition worldwide.”
Pope Francis on Jan. 9 in his annual audience for members of the diplomatic corps, also said the death penalty “finds no justification today among the instruments capable of restoring justice.”
Trump’s immigration raids are expected to begin Tuesday, targeting immigrant families with terror and cruelty. Parents are preparing their
Donald Trump was just sworn into office and his immigration raids are expected to begin as early as tomorrow.
Families are terrified, scrambling to prepare for the worst. Parents are teaching their children how to react if ICE storms their homes or schools. This is a crisis, and immigrant communities cannot face it alone.
During the sanctuary movement of the 1980s, churches opened their doors to immigrants fleeing persecution. Now, Pope Francis has repeatedly urged compassion for migrants, condemning those who drive them away as committing “grave sins.”
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has called on Christians to see Christ in the hungry, the stranger, and the homeless. But words alone will not shield families from the terror of these raids. Action is needed now.
We are calling on Archbishop Broglio to declare every Catholic church in the U.S. a sanctuary for immigrants. With this bold step, the Church can live out its values, provide immediate protection to immigrant families, and set a powerful example of justice in action.
Take action today. Urge Archbishop Broglio to declare Catholic churches as sanctuaries for immigrants before Trump’s raids destroy more lives.
Every minute we wait, families remain at risk of separation and deportation. Trump’s raids are designed to rip children from their parents and create fear in immigrant communities. Without sanctuary, countless lives will be destroyed.
Declaring churches as sanctuaries isn’t just a moral obligation, it’s a statement of resistance against cruelty. Immigrant families deserve protection, and the Catholic Church has the power to provide it.
Already, community groups and activists are mobilizing to protect immigrants from this wave of terror. But their efforts will only go so far without institutional support. The Church must use its platform and resources to protect the vulnerable.
Urge Archbishop Broglio and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to step up, declare every church a sanctuary and live out their commitment to justice and compassion for all before it's too late.
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Archbishop Broglio Visits the Sick, Celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass at Walter Reed
BETHESDA, MD — Yesterday, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in keeping with his annual custom on the first day of Lent. Nearly 150 U.S. Military personnel, patients, hospital staff, and others gathered in Memorial Auditorium for the noon Mass, which…
Father Paul-Anthony Halladay, CH (MAJ) USA (Ret.), Named Vocation Director
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), has a new Vocation Director. He is Father Paul-Anthony Halladay, CH (MAJ), USA (Ret.). Father Halladay, a priest of the Archdiocese of Mobile, AL, and a retired, decorated 20-year veteran U.S. Army chaplain, succeeds interim director Father Marcel Taillon, who recently completed a successful eight-month run in the position…
Archdiocese Sets New Records for Attendance and Proceeds at 16th Annual Benefit in Nation’s Capital
WASHINGTON, DC – The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), set new records Saturday evening for both attendance and giving at its 16th Annual Benefit. His Excellency, the Most Rev. Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, hosted a record 383 guests at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Northeast Washington. The guests, including active-duty and retired…
Former Chancellor Father Robert R. Cannon, Ch Col USAF (Ret.), Receives Papal Honors
WASHINGTON, DC — Father Robert R. Cannon is now “the Reverend Monsignor” Robert R. Cannon. The Holy See recently bestowed the honorary ecclesiastical title on the retired U.S. Air Force chaplain and former chancellor of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), for exceptional service to the Catholic Church. Msgr. Cannon stepped down as AMS chancellor last month after eight years of…