Catholic Mobilizing Network

10/13/2026

Earlier today, the state of Florida took the life of James Robertson.

In the wake of this ex*****on, we pray for Frank Hart as well as for the comfort of his family. Loving God, hold close all of those affected by the system of capital punishment.

10/10/2026

🕯Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty. Commemorated every year on October 10, this special day invites communities from across the globe to unite their voices to call for an end to the death penalty. In Florida, Catholic Mobilizing Network has a number of ways to amplify the call that the death penalty violates the sanctity of life and needs to be abolished. Sign up for the Annual Novena to End the Death Penalty, and the First Friday Prayer Vigil. 🙏

World Day Against the Death Penalty falls squarely within Respect Life Month. It’s a perfect reminder for Catholics to lift up the death penalty as a critical life issue and to promote a culture of life. Learn more here: https://catholicsmobilizing.org/respect-life-month-world-day-against-death-penalty-2026/🙏

10/10/2026

10/10/2026

As we mark again the World Day Against the Death Penalty, we call to mind God’s command: ‘do not repay anyone evil for evil.’ (Romans 12:17)
Amidst a culture that seems focused on death, we remember that no person is beyond God’s love, mercy and redemption, as Archbishop Shelton J Fabre, reminds us. The Church offers this message to all people - without exception. We mourn with victims’ families and also recognize that the death penalty only pulls us away from a culture of life.
Join us in prayer for an end to the use of the death penalty in our country and around the world, and for the conversion of all hearts and minds towards a culture of life.

Archdiocese of Louisville

10/10/2026

Held every Oct. 10 since 2003, World Day Against the Death Penalty was started to unite global voices calling for the abolition of capital punishment.

“It's a time to stand up for the message of Jesus,” said Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, renowned anti-death penalty advocate, author, and friend of Catholic Mobilizing Network. “No matter how terrible a crime, we can never give government the power to decide that people need to die for that crime. We stand for life.”

Catholic Mobilizing Network is the national, faith-based group working full-time for an end to capital punishment in the United States.

10/09/2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Catholic Mobilizing Network Denounces Livestream of the Ex*****on of Nidal Hasan.

Read the full statement of Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, executive director of Catholic Mobilizing Network: https://catholicsmobilizing.org/cmn-nidal-hasan-livestream-ex*****on/

10/09/2026

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of War announced that the firing squad ex*****on of Nidal Hasan, the man convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, would be publicly livestreamed. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement sharply condemning the decision of the U.S. government:

“It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War’s decision to publicly livestream the ex*****on of Nidal Hasan. Our God is the God of life. In no way can Hassan’s actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered. The word of God exhorts us: ‘do not repay anyone evil for evil' (Romans 12:17). The public ex*****on even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.

“I pray for the intercession of Our Lady of Good Counsel that we as a nation may always choose life even in the most trying times and circumstances.”

10/09/2026

Praise God!

Gov. Ron DeSantis has withdrawn the death warrant for William Lee Thompson, previously scheduled for ex*****on on Tuesday, October 13 at 6:00 p.m.

Thompson’s attorneys challenged his competency to be executed, and he underwent an evaluation last week. Officials never released the results. Attorneys also filed a federal lawsuit seeking care for his life-threatening medical conditions. More than 120 medical professionals publicly condemned his treatment, adding to mounting public pressure ahead of the withdrawal. In a letter to the warden of Florida State Prison, Gov. DeSantis offered no explanation for his decision.

Grace Hanna, executive director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty said, “Withdrawing the death warrant for William Thompson was the correct decision. Mr. Thompson is gravely ill, not competent, and intellectually disabled. His ex*****on would have been an abject violation of the Eighth Amendment and an affront to human dignity.”

James Robertson, sentenced to death for the 2008 murder of Frank Hart, is still scheduled for ex*****on at 12:00pm on Tuesday, October 13.

10/09/2026

Join us in praying a Novena to End the Death Penalty: https://catholicsmobilizing.org/get-involved/pray/annual-novena/