Catholics in US Army must not participate in firing squad, prominent archbishop says

Automatically curated summary from Army Times.

Archbishop Timothy Broglio urged Catholic U.S. Army personnel to request religious exemptions from participating in the proposed firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. Broglio strongly criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan to livestream the event, questioning its moral impact and comparing public executions to acts of terrorism. While President Donald Trump approved Hasan's execution by firing squad, he remains undecided on allowing the broadcast. The U.S. military has not executed anyone by firing squad since 1945, and no U.S. government execution has ever been livestreamed.

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Reports on proposed execution plans, livestream decisions, and military religious accommodation requests that remain undecided or unconfirmed by official military selection procedures.