The pope made headlines twice over the weekend, as Christa Pike settled back into a Tennessee prison.

Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty "inadmissible" on World Day Against the Death Penalty after the Pentagon announced plans to livestream an execution.

Leo didn’t refer specifically to the planned execution, or the botched lethal injection in Tennessee earlier that has revived debate over the death penalty in the United States. Saturday is World Day ...

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday called capital punishment “inadmissible” on World Day Against the Death Penalty, amid the Pentagon’s plans to livestream the December execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan ...

ROME, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Pope Leo renewed his condemnation of the death penalty on Saturday, saying it violates the sanctity of human life and deprives people of the chance of redemption, days after ...

Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty "an attack" on human dignity a day after senior Church officials condemned the Pentagon's plans to live-stream an execution of Nidal Malik Hasan.

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The pope’s apartment is sealed with a red ribbon and wax Closing up the pope’s formal apartment at the Apostolic Palace is a key part of Catholic tradition after the death of a pope. Officials draped ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday declared capital punishment “inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution ...