November 20, 2024

volunteers helping at a food bank serving meals

Called to Serve

November 20, 2024

In the Gospels, Jesus is frequently depicted serving others. Our faith calls us to follow Christ’s loving example of service.

Read More →
Indianapolis Archbishop Charles C. Thompson offers an opening prayer at a rally Nov. 17, 2024, on the grounds of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis to call on Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb to halt the execution of Joseph Corcoran scheduled for Dec. 18. It would be the first execution in the state in more than a decade. The rally was sponsored by the Indiana Abolition Coalition. Activists pushing President Joe Biden to commute existing federal death sentences during his final months in office hope that if he does that, his action could be "the beginning of the end" of the death penalty at the federal and state levels. (OSV News photo/Sean Gallagher, The Criterion)

Report examines ‘persistent racial disparities’ in federal death penalty use

November 20, 2024
A new report by the Death Penalty Information Center examined what it called persistent racial disparities in federal death penalty prosecutions.
Read More →