World Day Against the Death Penalty is Today, October 10th

Catholics have a vital role in efforts to abolish the federal death penalty. Now is the time to amplify the call to end this immoral practice. Let us pray together to end this injustice.

Listen to Pope Francis's prayer video below.

 

“The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person” – Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2267

Learn more at: https://www.usccb.org/committees/domestic-justice-and-human-development/death-penalty-capital-punishment