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Pope opposes Fort Hood execution livestream
Pope Leo XIV rejects military execution livestream as Pentagon plans firing squad for Fort Hood shooter.
In brief
Pope Leo XIV rejects military execution livestream as Pentagon plans firing squad for Fort Hood shooter. Pope Leo XIV opposes public livestream of Fort Hood gunman's execution as Pentagon prepares firing squad death sentence. Originally reported by Straight Arrow.
Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV reaffirmed Catholic Church's opposition to capital punishment as Pentagon plans to livestream Fort Hood gunman's execution.
“inadmissible”
Pentagon execution plan
Pentagon scheduled to execute Nidal Hasan by firing squad Dec 3, 2026 at Fort Hood, Texas.
Nidal Hasan
Former Army major convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others at Fort Hood in 2009.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Hegseth said execution would be public and livestreamed to show consequences of crimes.
Catholic leaders oppose
Cardinal Pietro Parolin called public execution a spectacle and said capital punishment conflicts with human dignity.
Lawmakers object
Democratic and Republican senators condemned livestream as medieval spectacle or beyond disgusting.
Historical context
First military execution since 1961 and first firing squad since WWII if carried out.
The big picture
Pope Leo XIV opposes public livestream of Fort Hood gunman's execution as Pentagon prepares firing squad death sentence.
