Before the state of South Carolina puts another person to death, Catholics will hold a vigil outside the governor’s mansion in Columbia, pleading for mercy. Local pastor, Father Jeffrey Kirby, says Pope Francis’ change on Catholic teaching about the death penalty was a subtle, almost academic shift — one most Catholics already believed.
South Carolinians to protest execution
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