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Rose Brennan

Rose Brennan is the editor of the Fairfield County Catholic, the monthly newspaper of the Diocese of Bridgeport. She is also a founding member of Catholic203, the diocese’s hub for young adult ministry. A writer by day and prayer shawl maker by night, she lives in southern Connecticut.

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Proclaiming liberty to captives: Pope Francis and the incarcerated

In his care for the incarcerated, the late Holy Father shows us the extent to which Christian love can — and should — be shared with the world.

A file photo shows the lethal-injection chamber at the federal correction facility in Terre Haute, Indiana. (OSV News/Federal Bureau of Prisons)

During the Jubilee Year, it's time to abolish the death penalty in the US

There is neither a better time nor occasion than the Jubilee Year to abolish the death penalty in the United States, especially at the state level.

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