Trump calls off Hegseth plan to livestream execution denounced by Catholic leaders October 15, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump on Oct. 15 called off Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December.
Catholics challenge moral, legal grounds of ‘barbaric’ US plan to livestream execution October 14, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Catholic leaders across the nation are continuing to express their shock and concern over the Trump administration’s plans to livestream a military execution.
Capital punishment is ambiguously inadmissible October 12, 2026By Kenneth Craycraft OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life In late September, the state of Tennessee attempted and failed to execute Christa Pike, after 31 years in prison.
Military archbishop denounces ‘public spectacle’ of Hasan execution, obliges Catholic recusal October 12, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Just hours after his audience with Pope Leo XIV, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services issued a strong and lengthy statement Oct. 12 against the planned livestreamed execution by firing squad of Ford Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, calling it a “public spectacle of barbarically killing our adversaries.”
Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ attack on dignity of human person October 12, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has posted on his official X account that the Catholic Church holds the death penalty to be “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.”
FDA expects to draft mifepristone safety review next year; pro-life groups call it ‘insufficient’ October 12, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Food and Drug Administration’s safety review of mifepristone is expected to stretch into next year, according to an Oct. 7 court filing, prompting disappointment from pro-life groups.
US bishops’ president condemns ‘barbaric’ Pentagon plan to livestream execution October 9, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News After Pentagon officials said they planned to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced the plan as “barbaric.”
Choose life this October October 8, 2026By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life During Nebraska’s long struggle to end the death penalty, a weekly protest was held outside the governor’s mansion.
Tennessee Catholic bishops join call for clemency for inmate who survived execution attempt October 6, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News After Tennessee officials failed in their Sept. 30 attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder, a number of faith leaders, including Tennessee’s Catholic bishops, have called for her sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment.
Tennessee halts executions after death row inmate survives lethal injection attempt October 5, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News After Tennessee officials failed in their Sept. 30 attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder, the state’s Gov. Bill Lee halted the one remaining execution for the rest of the year pending an investigation. But some Catholic opponents of the death penalty said that the incident demonstrates the flaws with capital punishment.
Multistate lawsuit asks Supreme Court to hear challenge to abortion ‘shield laws’ October 2, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The attorneys general of Louisiana, Alabama and Arkansas Sept. 30 announced a lawsuit challenging the abortion “shield laws” of New York, California and Massachusetts.
During Respect Life Month, Catholics urged to pray, take action to stop use of abortion pill October 2, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, urged the faithful to mark Respect Life Month with prayer, deeper reflection and action.
