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Pope Declares Death Penalty Inadmissible Amid U.S. Execution Livestream Plan

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Pope Leo XIV has declared capital punishment inadmissible, aligning with the Catholic Church's updated stance. This declaration coincides with the U.S. Defense Department's controversial plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, a decision that has drawn sharp criticism from Vatican officials and U.S. bishops. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, called the livestreaming plan "unacceptable" and a "spectacle," while Archbishop Paul Coakley of the U.S. bishops conference labeled it a "barbaric promotion of a culture of death." AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press ·

    Pope says death penalty is ‘inadmissible’ after head of U.S. bishops calls DOD plan to livestream execution ‘barbaric promotion of a culture of death’

    “The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment."

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