Pastoral Letter on the Death Penalty

In 2025, Florida carried out more executions than at any time in its history, and in recent years it has enacted legislation that broadened the use of the death penalty, including lowering the jury vote required to recommend a death …

Catholics confront beliefs concerning death penalty

ORLANDO | The execution of Kayle Bates looms in Florida’s future Aug. 19, 2025. He is set to be the 10th person to be sentenced to death since the start of the year.

For those Catholics who recall growing up …