Catholic Military Bishops Weigh In On Pentagon’s Planned Terrorist Execution

The Catholic prelate responsible for ministering to U.S. troops is urging believers on a planned firing squad to step aside, escalating religious pushback against the Pentagon's plan to put Fort Hood gunman Nidal Malik Hasan to death on camera. Archbishop Timothy Broglio said Monday that any Catholics given the duty should ask to be excused, because the act conflicts with Church doctrine. Bishop Joseph Coffey, an auxiliary bishop in the same archdiocese, told The Daily Wire he agreed completely, called the idea barbaric, and said he hoped the president and the defense secretary would back down.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on October 8 that the execution is set for December 3 at Fort Hood, timed to match the hour of Hasan's 2009 rampage, which left 13 dead and 32 wounded. Hegseth said he wants the public able to watch. Broglio condemned the shooting but asked what purpose a broadcast would serve, citing possible moral injury to the shooters and harm to young viewers. Vice President JD Vance said he would not watch and doubted a broadcast would happen. The War Department declined comment.

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