The commission will be chaired by Harvard Law School professor Mary Ann Glendon.
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New Hampshire repeals death penalty as Senate overrides veto
“Today’s repeal is a major step toward building a culture that unconditionally protects the dignity of life, and is yet more evidence that the death penalty is falling out of favor with the American public,” said Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, executive director of Catholic Mobilizing Network, in a statement released to the media.
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Sri Lankan cardinal demands answers about security lapses after Easter bombings
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe claimed he and other top government officials were not told about a possible threat and told local media “we must look into why adequate precautions were not taken.”
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GoodNews: Giving back, not giving up as federal shutdown continues
An epic battle of ill will between House Democrats and the Trump administration extended into late January as the longest partial shutdown of the federal government in history continued.
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GoodNews: The ‘extraordinary power of faith’ in Iraq
Prince Charles described how as Isis extremists advanced on the Christian town of Qaraqosh in 2014, Sister Luma “got behind the wheel of a minibus crammed full of her fellow Christians and drove the long and dangerous road to safety.”
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Vatican diplomat indicted for child porn possession
The Vatican said in a statement Saturday that Monsignor Carlo Capella, who was the No. 4 official in its Washington embassy, would face a trial starting June 22.
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Pope Francis visits children’s hospital on eve of the Epiphany
The pope greeted the children and “exchanged some words of comfort with the parents who are caring for their children in their tiring and painful trials.”
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Facing a “post-Christian” society: Chaput and Gomez tackle cultural change at Napa Institute conference
The NAPA Institute held its seventh annual conference in California last week. The conference featured a number of theologians, politicians, and clergy, including Archbishops Charles Chaput and Jose Gomez.
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U.S. bishops welcome court decision to reject Trump’s travel ban
In a rebuke to the Trump administration on Feb. 9, the three federal appellate judges sided with the states of Washington and Minnesota on nearly every matter, opening the possibility that the case could shift to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Pope Francis writes to young U.S. inmates
A letter-writing campaign among U.S. inamtes incarcerated as juveniles inspires Pope Francis to send a response on the issue of fair sentencing.