Pope says death penalty "inadmissible" amid U.S. plans to livestream execution
Summary
Pope Leo XIV stated that the death penalty is unacceptable, highlighting Catholic teaching that values human dignity. This statement comes as the U.S. military plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad, the first such execution since 1961.Key Facts
- Pope Leo XIV declared capital punishment "inadmissible" in a post marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty.
- Catholic teaching holds that the death penalty harms human dignity and is unnecessary for justice.
- The U.S. Defense Department plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan at Fort Hood on December 3.
- Hasan was convicted for a 2009 shooting that killed 13 people and injured 32 others.
- This will be the first U.S. military execution since 1961.
- Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, called the planned livestreamed execution "unacceptable" and "turning death into a spectacle."
- Archbishop Paul Coakley of the U.S. bishops called the execution decision a "barbaric promotion of a culture of death."
- President Donald Trump expressed support for Hasan’s execution by firing squad but did not comment on livestreaming the event.
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