US military archbishop advises Catholics against serving on firing squads
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CNN ↗ — Headline and lede stress urging Catholics “be excused from proposed firing squad execution” and tie statement to “latest dispute between the Trump administration and the Catholic Church.”; Excerpt highlights livestream plan, meeting with Pope Leo, and question whether broadcasting execution places military “in the same boat with terrorists.”CNN — Headline and lede stress urging Catholics “be excused from proposed firing squad execution” and tie statement to “latest dispute between the Trump administration and the Catholic Church.”; Excerpt highlights livestream plan, meeting with Pope Leo, and question whether broadcasting execution places military “in the same boat with terrorists.”
Breitbart News ↗ — Headline and opening emphasize “Catholics Cannot Participate in Firing Squad” and repeat church teaching that capital punishment is “inadmissible.”; Excerpt quotes Broglio’s sympathy for Fort Hood victims, notes he presided at one funeral, and warns of “moral injury” from livestreaming.Breitbart News — Headline and opening emphasize “Catholics Cannot Participate in Firing Squad” and repeat church teaching that capital punishment is “inadmissible.”; Excerpt quotes Broglio’s sympathy for Fort Hood victims, notes he presided at one funeral, and warns of “moral injury” from livestreaming.
Archbishop serving US military urges Catholics be excused from proposed firing squad execution
The archbishop assigned to serve Catholics in the US military strongly condemned the Pentagon’s plan to livestream a firing squad execution and said Monday that Catholic personnel should not participate.
Archbishop of the U.S. Military Says Catholics Cannot Participate in Firing Squad
S. military, said that his fellow churchmen cannot participate in the upcoming firing squad of Nidal Hasan. S.