Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as his native US plans to livestream execution
The pope cited human dignity and redemption, while Vatican officials called the planned public execution unacceptable and a spectacle.
- On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV declared capital punishment "inadmissible" as the United States announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan.
- The Defense Department announced Thursday that Hasan, convicted of a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood that killed 13 people and wounded 32, will be executed by firing squad.
- Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin called the planned livestream "truly incomprehensible," while Archbishop Paul Coakley expressed "shock" at the Pentagon's "barbaric" plans.
- Pope Leo XIV posted quoting revised Catholic teaching that capital punishment attacks human dignity; the Church's position is one of "total opposition" to the practice.
- Like Pope Francis before him, Leo has prioritized prison visits to emphasize inmate dignity and the possibility of redemption, maintaining that there is always hope.
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Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as his native US plans to livestream execution
Pope Leo XIV has declared capital punishment "inadmissible.” He has penned a social media post for the World Day Against the Death Penalty, as his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad. The American pope quoted the revised Catholic teaching on capital punishment ushered in by Pope Francis. The Argentine pontiff had decreed in 2018 that the death penalty is unacceptable because it attacks the inherent dig…
The Pope thus joined the initiatives for World Day against the Death Penalty, which is commemorated every 10 October.
After an execution in the United States failed cruelly and is seriously considered to broadcast another live stream, Pope Leo XIV sends clear words to his homeland. On the occasion of World Day against the Death Penalty, he described it as "inadmissible".
Pope Leo XIV Benoit Tessier/AFP Pope Leo XIV said on Saturday (10) that the death penalty is "inadmissible" and represents an attack on human dignity. The statement takes place in the midst of the controversy provoked by the plans of the United States government, the native country of the pontiff, to transmit live the execution of a former military condemned for killing 13 people. ✅ Follow the international news channel of the g1 in WhatsApp The…
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