Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as his native US plans to livestream execution
The pope cited Catholic teaching that 10 million detainees can be protected without executions, as U.S. officials face criticism over a planned broadcast.
- 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 condemns death penalty as Trump mulls livestreamed execution
ROME, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Pope Leo renewed his condemnation of the death penalty on Saturday, saying it violates the sanctity of human life and deprives people of the chance of redemption, days after the Pentagon said it planned to livestream an execu...
Pope Leo condemns death penalty,
Without explicitly referring to the scheduled execution of the Fort Hood killer, the Pope reiterates the Church’s opposition to the death penalty. In the US, Vice-President Vance says he will not watch the execution by firing squad, which is due to be live-streamed in December
Pope Leo XIV has called the death penalty “inadmissible” this Saturday because, as he has denounced, it violates the dignity of the person and completely deprives the condemned of the possibility of redemption.
Pope Leo XIV expressed his opposition to the death penalty and defended detention systems as an alternative to ensuring justice, protecting citizens and allowing the redemption of convicted persons.
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