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Pope Francis has urged Catholic faithful to recognize the “infinite and transcendent dignity of every human person” in a letter to the Bishops of the United States of America published on February 11 amidst national controversy regarding the ongoing migration crisis and the onset of mass deportations. “I exhort all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters,” wrote Pope Francis.

The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops (FCCB) has implored Gov. Ron DeSantis to stay the execution of James Ford and commute his death sentence. Ford is scheduled to be executed on February 13 for the 1997 murders of Gregory Malnory and his wife, Kimberly Malnory, in Charlotte County.