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Sister Prejean decries federal execution on Human Rights Day The sun sets on the Federal Corrections Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., May 22, 2019, where death-row inmate Brandon Bernard, who was 18 when he took part in a 1999 double murder in Texas, died by lethal injection Dec. 10 despite eleventh-hour attempts for court intervention. (CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters)
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select Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph of Medaille, who has worked in prison ministry and against the death penalty for decades, is seen in this 2016 file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) WASHINGTON Calling the Dec. 10 federal execution of Brandon Bernard an injustice carried out by the country s criminal justice system, Sister Helen Prejean urged Americans to speak up to stop a series of upcoming executions in the final weeks of the Trump administration.
Bishop names new director of the Office of Hispanic Ministry
Fr. Michael Sevigny to take on new role effective immediately.
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PORTLAND Bishop Robert Deeley has appointed Fr. Michael Sevigny, OFM Cap., as the Diocese of Portland’s new director of the Office of Hispanic Ministry, effective immediately.
A Sanford native, Sevigny has served in the office since August. He succeeds Sr. Patricia Pora, RSM, who stepped down as director on Nov. 27 after more than a decade of service. Pora will continue as a member of the Hispanic Ministry team on a volunteer basis, according to a news release from Dave Guthro, communications director, Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland.