In the Papal Bull for the Jubilee Year of Hope, Spes non Confundit, Pope Francis urged Christian believers to unite in opposition to the death penalty, which is “a provision at odds with the Christian faith and one that eliminates all hope of forgiveness and rehabilitation” (SC, 10). This fall’s Conversations that Matter series addresses the state of the death penalty in the United States in light of the Church teaching on the intrinsic dignity of human life and highlights stories of hope, restoration, and reconciliation from death row.

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