Washington D.C., May 6, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, expressed its dismay Thursday after the state House passed a bill effectively allowing the state to resume executions.
The legislation, passed by the state House of Representatives on Wednesday, permits the state to execute death row inmates by electrocution if the drugs used for lethal injection are not available. The bill also allows inmates to choose death by firing squad as a method of execution.
Previously, lethal injection was the default method of execution in South Carolina. The state has not executed anyone since 2011, when its supply of drugs used for lethal injection expired. Countries that produce the drugs used in executions have refused to sell them to states for executions.
Letter to a Suffering Church: A Bishop Speaks on the Sexual Abuse Crisis by Bishop Robert Barron. Word on Fire (Park Ridge, Illinois, 2019). 105 pp., free plus $5.95 shipping and handling.
CNA Staff, Apr 29, 2021 / 13:58 pm (CNA).
Recent reports that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops may at their spring general assembly press pro-abortion Catholic politicians not to receive Communion are unfounded, and at best ignorant of ecclesial structure, a source close to the conference has told CNA.
A source close to the USCCB told CNA April 29 that they believe such reports from the AP and the Washington Post are either “just totally ignorant of the Church’s structure,” or meant “to pressure the bishops into silence” regarding the Equality Act.
The Equality Act would amend federal civil rights law and create protected classes for sexual orientation and gender identity, extending those protections to all areas where race is currently protected.
Man accuses Florida priest of sexually abusing him as a child. Why the state canât prosecute
Will Fla. law rid statute of limitations?
Patrick Colville shared his story for the first time, speaking for survivors, warning parents and pushing lawmakers to create a âlook back windowâ allowing civil lawsuits to move forward even though the criminal statute of limitations had expired.
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TAMPA, Fla. â The stateâs two-year investigation into allegations Catholic priests sexually abused Florida children resulted in a blistering report, naming 97 Catholic priests meeting the state s criteria for prosecution.
Not a single one will stand trial.