Marianist brother works to change attitudes on the death penalty October 14, 2008By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life A passionate death penalty abolitionist who corresponds with a former death row inmate and who regularly carries signs protesting the death penalty in front of Baltimore’s Supermax prison, Brother Frank believes attitudes can only be changed if people recognize the dignity of every human life.
Murdered daughter’s mother says death penalty must go November 15, 2007By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life When police arrested the serial rapist who brutally assaulted and murdered Shannon Schieber in 1998, the Schieber family faced unrelenting pressure to seek the death penalty.
Speaking in Rodgers Forge, Sister Helen Prejean calls for end to death penalty September 27, 2007By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Calling the death penalty nothing more than “legalized vengeance,” Sister Helen said the gift of being a Catholic is embracing the “seamless garment of life” – respecting the dignity of life from conception until natural death.
Sen. Mooney undecided on death penalty ban March 15, 2007By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Sen. Alex X. Mooney knows he’s the man of the hour in the death penalty debate.
Bishop Madden testifies against death penalty March 1, 2007By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life In an unusual move that highlights the priority Maryland’s bishops have placed on abolishing the death penalty, Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar, testified in person during Feb. 21 committee hearings on a bill that would replace the death penalty with life sentences without parole.
Scalia: Constitution is not a living document February 19, 2007By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that the Constitution is not a living document and should not be rewritten each year by the unelected justices of the Supreme Court.
Faith unlocks doors for former death row inmate February 15, 2007By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Despite the strong temptation to despair, Mr. Bloodsworth said he decided he would fight to prove his innocence. He believes God sustained him through nearly nine years of taxing prison life, sending him otherworldly consolations and leading him into the Catholic Church.
Death penalty ban gains momentum in Maryland February 1, 2007By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life After many years of failed attempts to repeal the death penalty in Maryland, abolitionists are closer than ever to passing a ban on capital punishment now that Gov. Martin J. O’Malley has promised to sign repeal legislation.
Emmitsburg a healing place for moms in jail May 8, 2003By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Phyllis Matthews found out she was pregnant only one day before she was scheduled to enter the Women’s Detention Center in Baltimore to serve time for heroin possission. Having a baby in prison was the last thing the 34-year old single mother of five wanted to endure, especially since she knew that her infant would be taken from her immediately after birth.
Maryland firm stops selling body parts from abortions February 1, 2000By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life A decision by a Maryland company to stop procuring and distributing body parts obtained from aborted fetuses is drawing praise from pro-life supporters who had protested the practice as abhorrent and inhumane.
