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Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as his native US plans to livestream execution

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Pope Leo XIV on Saturday declared capital punishment ''inadmissible" as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.

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  1. Independent Journal Review

    Pope Leo rejects death penalty as US plans livestreamed execution (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty 'inadmissible' on Oct. 10 as the U.S. set a Dec. 3 livestreamed firing-squad execution for Nidal Hasan.

  2. Newsweek

    Pope Attacks Death Penalty as US Plans Livestream Execution: 'Inadmissible' (opens Newsweek)

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    Pope Leo said that the death penalty is "inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person."

  3. Crux

    Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as his native US plans to livestream execution (opens Crux)

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    Pope Leo XIV on Saturday declared capital punishment ''inadmissible" as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.

  4. CBS News

    Pope says death penalty "inadmissible" amid U.S. plans to livestream execution (opens CBS News)

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    The firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, will be livestreamed, the U.S. Defense Department said.

  5. The Hill

    Pope Leo decries death penalty as Hegseth's public execution plan sparks backlash (opens The Hill)

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    Pope Leo XIV on Saturday called capital punishment "inadmissible" on World Day Against the Death Penalty, amid the Pentagon’s plans to livestream the December execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan in Texas.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Pope says death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as US plans to livestream execution (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Pope Leo XIV describes capital punishment as an 'attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person' in post on X.

  7. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    Pope Leo declares death penalty 'inadmissible' as his native U.S. plans to livestream execution (opens Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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  8. New York Post

    Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as US plans to livestream execution (opens New York Post)

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    Pope Leo XIV on Saturday declared capital punishment ''inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.

  9. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Pope Leo calls death penalty ‘inadmissible’ (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    ROME -- Pope Leo XIV on Saturday declared capital punishment "inadmissible" as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.

  10. Fortune

    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’ (opens Fortune)

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

  11. Fox News

    Pope Leo denounces death penalty as 'inadmissible' ahead of Pentagon's planned livestreamed execution (opens Fox News)

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    Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty "inadmissible" on World Day Against the Death Penalty after the Pentagon announced plans to livestream an execution.

  12. Deseret News

    Pope Leo weighed in on the death penalty. Not everyone liked what he had to say (opens Deseret News)

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    The death penalty is an attack on the “inviolability and dignity of the person,” the leader of the Catholic Church said on social media over the weekend. Pope Leo’s post was not directed at a single case and was made on Oct.

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