Oklahoma archbishop lauds governor’s clemency in death-penalty case (CNA)

Archbishop Paul Coakley has praised Oklahoma’s Governor Kevin Stitt for granting an appeal for clemency by Julius Jones, a convicted murderer who was scheduled for execution on November 18. “It took tremendous courage in the face of intense pressure” to grant the last-minute plea, the archbishop said. “I applaud his commitment to seeking justice while […]

Pope denounces child labor (Vatican Press Office)

Child labor is “the robbery of the future of children, and therefore of humanity itself,” Pope Francis said in a November 19 message to a Vatican conference on the subject. “It is a violation of human dignity.”