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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."
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. In a post on X, the American pope quoted the revised Catholic teaching on capital punishment ushered in by Pope Francis that the death penalty attacks the inherent dignity of a human…
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