Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as his native US plans to livestream execution
Leo repeats that capital punishment violates human dignity as U.S. officials face bipartisan criticism over a planned execution 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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As Pope Francis called for the abolition of the death penalty on the occasion of the International Day Against the Death Penalty, the Vatican expressed strong opposition to the U.S. Department of Defense's plan to livestream military executions by firing squad. The international community and religious circles are raising fierce criticism, characterizing this as a human rights violation and an act against humanity.
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = Pope Leo XIV, marking the 24th International Day Against the Death Penalty on the 10th (local time), stated, "The death penalty is inviolable...
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Pope Leon once again condemned the death penalty on Saturday, claiming that it violates the sacredness of human life and deprives people of the chance of salvation, a few days after the Pentagon announced that it intends to broadcast live an execution, writes Reuters. The American army will broadcast live the next execution by shooting a ...
In a post on the Internet for today, the International Day Against the Death Penalty, Pope Leo XIV wanted to repeat his strong opposition and emphasized: “The death penalty is unacceptable because it offends the dignity and inviolability of human life. The common interest can be protected and the conditions of justice preserved without resorting to the death penalty. Effective detention systems have been devised which protect citizens but, at th…
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