Catholics in US Army Must Not Participate in Firing Squad, Prominent Archbishop Says
Broglio said livestreaming the execution would harm the dignity of the human person and urged Catholic troops to seek exemption from the firing squad.
- On Oct 12, 2026, Archbishop Timothy Broglio issued a statement condemning the planned livestreamed execution of Nidal Hasan, calling it a "public spectacle of barbarically killing our adversaries."
- President Donald Trump recently approved the firing squad execution of Hasan, who killed 13 people and injured 32 others at Fort Hood in 2009; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed on Oct 8 the Dec 3 event will be public.
- Recalling he presided at the funeral of Michael Grant Cahill, Broglio obliged Catholic soldiers on the firing squad to request exemption, stating the planned execution "disregarded the dignity of the human person."
- Although the execution is scheduled for Dec 3, legal analysts suggest potential appeals could delay the process; the last public execution in the USA occurred in Missouri in 1937 according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
- Urging reconsideration, Broglio called on "all men and women of good will to ask that this decision be reconsidered," questioning whether such a public spectacle could cause moral injury to the firing squad.
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Catholics in US Army must not participate in firing squad, prominent archbishop says - Regional Media News
By Phil Stewart and Joshua McElwee WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Catholics serving in the US Army should not participate in the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan that the Pentagon is planning to livestream in December, a prominent US archbishop said [...]
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Catholics in US Army must not participate in firing squad, prominent archbishop says
Catholics serving in the U.S. Army should not participate in the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, a prominent U.S. archbishop said.
Catholics in US Army must not take part in firing squad, archbishop says
Catholics serving in the US Army should not take part in the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan that the Pentagon is planning to live stream on December 3, a prominent US archbishop said on Monday. In an unusually strongly worded statement, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the spiritual care of Catholic members of the US armed forces, raised a series of objections to the unprecedented plan to broadcast the execution…
ARCHBISHOP Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church's pastoral care for Catholics in the US armed forces, has condemned the proposal to broadcast Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad live.
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