The archbishop for the U.S. military on Monday urged Catholic soldiers to recuse themselves from the firing squad tasked with carrying out the execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, emphasizing the Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty.
Timothy Broglio, who oversees pastoral care of service members and military chaplains, released a statement in which he advised Catholic service members to request sitting out of the firing squad for Hasan’s execution by firing squad and condemned War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plans to livestream the event.
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