Alabama executes Geoffrey Todd West by nitrogen gas for 1997 murder

ATMORE — The State of Alabama carried out its fourth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Geoffrey Todd West to death ...

Alabama executes Geoffrey Todd West in fourth execution of 2025

The state of Alabama executed Geoffrey Todd West, 50, on Thursday for the 1997 murder of Margaret Parrish Berry. Thursday’s ...
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Looking back 10 years after Pope Francis’s visit to Washington: Part four, a papal address to Congress, a Catholic Charities visit and a hug

During his historic visit to Washington 10 years ago in September 2015, Pope Francis gave the first papal address to a joint ...
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Fasting and prayer still require truth

In both Judaism and Christianity, we are taught that God placed us in this world with a mission: to repair what is broken, to pursue justice, and to bring peace. That work cannot be accomplished if we ...

Alabama executes inmate who killed gas station clerk for $250 in 1997 robbery

This year started with an execution in February, when Alabama executed Demetrius Terrence Frazier. The state was set to next execute Robin “Rocky” Myers, but in a rare move, Alabama Gov. Ivey commuted ...