Standing Up for the Dignity of All Human Life
February 14, 2022
Join Bishop Felipe Estévez for an exclusive online workshop regarding the church’s stance on the death penalty. George Doyle This three-week course begins Monday, March… Read More
Cities for Life Nov. 30
November 18, 2021
Sister Helen Prejean will be the keynote speaker via Zoom at the Cities for Life event at 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at St. Joseph Catholic… Read More
Catholic Bishops Appeal to Congress to End the Death Penalty
January 11, 2021
With three more federal executions scheduled in January, two bishop chairmen call on the current Administration to stop, and for the new Congress and incoming… Read More
Recalling the Meaning of Advent, U.S. Bishop Chairmen Call for End to Executions
December 8, 2020
With more federal executions scheduled in December and January, two bishop chairmen call on the Administration to recall God’s mercy during Advent. Archbishop Paul S. Read More
U.S. Bishop Chairmen Renew Call to Stop Executions
November 18, 2020
In the wake of more federal executions scheduled in coming weeks, two bishop chairmen have issued a statement calling on the Administration to act as… Read More
Bishop Chairman Calls on Administration to Reverse Course on Federal Executions
July 2, 2020
Following the U.S. Attorney General’s decision to set new federal execution dates for four federal death row inmates beginning July 13, 2020, and the decision… Read More
Veterans Gathering Results in Anti-Death Penalty Letters to Florida Governor
March 18, 2020
By Savanna Kearney More than 500 United States veterans attended Vets 4 Vets, a gathering of and tribute to veterans, in late February at the… Read More
USCCB and FCCB File Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court Urging New Trial of Death Row Inmate
January 22, 2020
WASHINGTON— On January 17, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops (FCCB) filed an amicus curiae brief with… Read More
“I was in prison and you visited me”
November 13, 2019
For the last several years, the Diocese of St. Augustine has participated in the Cities for Life movement to protest Florida’s death penalty. Currently, there… Read More
