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A death chamber table is seen at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, in this file photo from 2010. The Death Penalty Information Center annual report released Dec. 1, 2023, said fewer states used capital punishment, but more prisoners were executed this year.

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Activists see ’renewed momentum’ to end death penalty

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor delivers a homily for the Mass for Life Jan. 17, 2021, at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock. Vicar general Father John Connell will celebrate a new Respect Life Mass at noon, Sunday, Oct. 1.

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New holistic respect life events coming this October

Catholic High School faces off against North Little Rock in the second round of state high school football playoffs Nov. 20. HB1097 would create separate conferences for public and private schools.

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Diocese eyes bills before Arkansas Legislature

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor delivers his homily to 75 people attending the Mass for Life at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock and to people watching the diocesan YouTube channel Jan. 17.

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Pro-life weekend scaled back to smaller Cathedral Mass

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Don’t be silent on abortion or any pro-life issue

People hold signs during a candlelight prayer vigil Dec. 8, 2019, held to oppose the Trump administration's plan to reinstate the federal death penalty.

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Man executed as Catholics continue to denounce executions

A pedestrian walks past death penalty protesters before the formal sentencing of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at the federal courthouse in Boston June 24, 2015. Use of the death penalty in the United States continues to decrease, according to a report released Dec. 17, 2019, by the Death Penalty Information Center.

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New report shows decreased use of death penalty in U.S.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr is seen at the 2019 Prison Reform Summit in the East Room of the White House in Washington April 1. Barr ordered the reinstatement of the federal death penalty July 25 for the first time in 16 years.

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Catholic leaders object to federal death penalty

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Catholic officials laud death penalty ban in New Hampshire

Kevin Azanza (center) of Rogers listens March 29 while Rep. Dan M. Douglas of Bentonville speaks with people about HB1684, now Act 844, which allows DACA recipients to pay in-state tuition rates.

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Diocese supported pro-life, immigration bills 2019 session