Entries tagged with “Pope John Paul II”

Apr 28, 2026

Pope Leo XIV Calls Death Penalty ​“Inadmissible,” Lends Support to U.S. Abolition Efforts

On April 24, 2026, Pope Leo XIV deliv­ered a video mes­sage offer­ing his sup­port and bless­ings to those work­ing​“for the abo­li­tion of the death penal­ty in the United States of America and around the world.” His mes­sage was shared at DePaul University in the Pope’s home city of Chicago, for an event titled​“A Beacon of Light in Darkness,” mark­ing the 15^th anniver­sary of Illinois’ abo­li­tion of the death penal­ty. Among those par­tic­i­pat­ing in the event were not­ed author and…