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May 2017

May 09, 2017

The god who wants an eye for an eye doesn’t exist

The God who conceded to our weakness and *permitted* an eye for an eye (as...

May 01, 2017

Yes, Virginia. The Church Wants the Death Penalty Abolished

Part II of my series on the Death Penalty at Catholic Weekly. The problem is...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

The Death Penalty Two Step

When those eager to kill defend the death penalty, one extremely common lie is "We're...

April 26, 2017

Strange Bedfellows

Here's a piece by a doctor arguing that doctors (who are, recall, sworn to "do...

April 24, 2017

Capital Punishment – A Study in the Development of Doctrine, Part I

Over at Catholic Weekly: A reading from an ancient manuscript found in Jerusalem authored by...

April 21, 2017

Next week, in Catholic Weekly, I will be starting a series on the Death Penalty

Here is Exhibit A on why: Man Executed in Arkansas Last Night Chose Communion for...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Yesterday, Sherry Antonetti and I talked about the Death Penalty…

...and development of doctrine, in light of Scripture and the Sunday gospel:

March 20, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott, Good Christian Member of the Right Wing Culture of Death…

removes state attorney for failing to be sufficiently full of bloodlust. He's "prolife", doncha know....

January 2017

January 31, 2017

A true witness for life

Slain priest begs for mercy for his killer. Love my faith!

January 11, 2017

Spare Dylann Roof

The Church says we should only execute people if we absolutely have to. The consistent...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Happy News! The Death Penalty is Close…

...to being euthanized.

October 21, 2016

“I spent 28 years on death row”

Powerful story. I’ve never had an apology, but I forgave those involved in my conviction...

October 06, 2016

These People Embody the Spirit of Christ

Be more prolife, not less. End abortion. Abolish the death penalty. Stop trying to fix...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

A reader involved in state government writes about the death penalty

Been following your death penalty stuff as limited time allows, and I found your latest...

September 28, 2016

Had an Interesting Conversation with Robert P. George…

...about my recent contretemps with Dr. Edward Feser about the death penalty (see here and...

September 23, 2016

Matthew Tyson on Killing

He does what I should have done and situates the Church's teaching on the death...

September 21, 2016

Reply to Dr. Feser regarding the death penalty

Recently, I wrote a post replying to an article co-authored by Dr. Edward Feser and...

September 09, 2016

Arguments that prove too much

From the comboxes of Crisis: At last! Much thanks should go to Mssrs Feser and...

September 09, 2016

Just because something is not a binding dogma…

...does not mean it is a good idea, including the death penalty. So yeah the...

August 2016

August 02, 2016

Jeff Wood didn’t kill anybody, but Texas wants to kill him anyway

He's been on death row for 20 years for a crime he didn't commit, but...

July 2016

July 11, 2016

Dems Get Out Ahead of their Leader…

...and call for an end to the death penalty Clinton favors. It will be interesting...

June 2016

June 21, 2016

The death penalty fosters revenge, not justice

...says Pope Francis. He's perfectly right of course. When the pope speaks from his years...

June 20, 2016

SCOTUS Reverses Death Penalty Decision

Another prolife victory! Excellent!

June 04, 2016

Excellent! A fight to abolish the death penalty led by conservatives

Colby Coash can point to the moment his evolution in thinking about the death penalty...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Kristine Franklin Interviews Rachel Muha in a powerful episode of “Mercy Unwrapped”

Kristine writes: Rachel Muha, whose college-age son was kidnapped, brutally tormented, and murdered. Rachel’s testimony...

May 19, 2016

If death penalty returns…

...Filipino bishop volunteers to die.. "But he's innocent," says the death penalty zealot. So what?...

October 2015

October 22, 2015

Saudi Arabia: Our Allies in Truly *Christian* Death Penalty Zeal

One of the many excuses many conservative American Catholics make for blowing off the Church's...

October 10, 2015

Prayer Request from Texas

A reader writes: My wonderful state just sentenced another killer to the death penalty. This...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Singing “Amazing Grace” Kelly Gissendaner Undergoes Pointless Blood Vengeance Killing by the State of Georgia

Nobody is safer. Nothing but bloody vengeance was achieved. Nothing has been deterred. On the...

September 29, 2015

One Practical Way to Heed the Pope’s Call to be *More* Prolife

...is to ask the state of Georgia to spare the life of Kelly Gissendaner. Time...

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