by Pat Ferrone Pax Christi Massachusetts coordinator Armed only with banners advocating mercy, and signs decrying the death penalty, nonviolent peacemakers from Agape, Pax Christi, Veterans for Peace and elsewhere, regularly … Continue reading REFLECTION: Blessed are the merciful
DEATH PENALTY: 20 years after “Dead Man Walking”
by Elizabeth LeFevre, US Catholic 20 years ago marked the publishing of an influential and inspiring book: Sister Helen Prejean’s Dead Man Walking, which documents Prejean’s experiences with a death row inmate that … Continue reading DEATH PENALTY: 20 years after “Dead Man Walking”