News Releases
News Releases
The Franciscan Sisters of Mary voice opposition to the death penalty
September 2007
The Franciscan Sisters of Mary, headquartered in Richmond Heights, MO,
have taken a Corporate Stance against the use of the death penalty:
In
light of our commitment to the value and dignity of human life, we join
our voices with those who oppose the use of the death penalty. Jesus
Christ provides a guiding moral vision for us. He urged the disciples
and us to abandon the law of retaliation, to love our enemies, to
confront evil without violence, and to forgive our persecutors. As
followers of Christ, we stand for justice without vengeance.
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Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change
February 2007On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers and a sheriff's posse on horseback used clubs and gas to beat back voting rights marchers on the Edmund-Pettus Bridge in Selma. Dozens of people were injured; two were killed. Shown on national television news, the event, which came to be known as "Bloody Sunday," stunned and outraged Americans.
Religious leaders from around the country flocked to Selma to join the march to Montgomery. "I am here because I am a Negro, a nun, a Catholic, and because I want to bear witness."
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