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COLUMBUS, Ohio – When Ohio inmate Kenneth Biros was executed Dec. 8 with a one-drug lethal injection – the first person in the U.S. to be executed in this manner – the Ohio Catholic Conference did not specifically address the execution but instead reiterated the church’s opposition to all means of capital punishment.

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Bishops in the southern Philippines said they would tolerate martial law for a short time, providing it is not abused, following the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The Diocese of Bridgeport announced Dec. 1 it has released thousands of pages of court documents related to clergy sexual abuse cases that were settled in 2001.

Coming off the success of more than 50 guns turned in at a West Baltimore church in September, but concerned that gun violence in the city remains high, St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church will sponsor its eighth “Gun Turn-In Day” Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church at 1542 N. Gilmor St. The program will expand to the east side of the city, with the first-ever weapon collection at St. Wenceslaus Church, 2111 Ashland Ave. at the same day and time.