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Gallup: US Death Penalty Support Drops Below 50% for First Time in Decades

The Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex, where federal executions are carried out, is seen on Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
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The Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex, where federal executions are carried out, is seen on Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
In recent decades, support for the death penalty has declined the most with Democrats but has also seen declines among independents and Republicans.

PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV Returns to His Former Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru

Pope Leo hugs a nun during his meeting with priests, religious men and women, seminarians, synodal teams and pastoral councils on Nov. 13, 2026, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace in Chiclayo, Peru. The nuns presented the Pope with lemon pie.
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Pope Leo hugs a nun during his meeting with priests, religious men and women, seminarians, synodal teams and pastoral councils on Nov. 13, 2026, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace in Chiclayo, Peru. The nuns presented the Pope with lemon pie.
The Holy Father led the Chiclayo Diocese from 2015 to 2023.

History Hangs Heavily in the ‘City of Saints’

A woman places candle in an improvised memorial next to St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków on Nov. 9, 2026, two days after a deadly shooting.
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A woman places candle in an improvised memorial next to St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków on Nov. 9, 2026, two days after a deadly shooting.
COMMENTARY: The Nov. 7 shooting in Kraków hits close to home.

Spread the Good News of Salvation to Share in ‘the Master’s Joy’

A Mother and Child icon is held aloft amid candlelight during the youth vigil with Pope Leo at the Monumento de los Españoles in Buenos Aires on Nov. 10, 2026.
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A Mother and Child icon is held aloft amid candlelight during the youth vigil with Pope Leo at the Monumento de los Españoles in Buenos Aires on Nov. 10, 2026.
May we preach the Gospel in word and deed, so that we might hear at our own judgment the blessed words, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant.’