Pope asks for an end to the death penalty
Pope Francis has called for a moratorium on executions during the Year of Mercy. “Even a criminal has the inviolable right to life, a gift of God,” he said on Sunday, after reciting the Angelus with visitors gathered in St Peter’s Square.
Priest who defied the Vatican dies at 82
The Jesuit Fr Fernando Cardenal, who was suspended from the priesthood after refusing to stand down as Nicaragua’s education minister, has died, aged 82.
