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Abp. Broglio ‘obliges’ Catholics not to participate in execution of Fort Hood shooter The Archbishop for the Military Services USA falsely suggested the execution of Nidal Hasan is similar to a 'procured abortion.'Reverend Timothy Broglio, Archbishop for the Military Services USA, has issued a statement calling on Catholics in the U.S. Armed Forces to not participate in the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan for his 2009 shooting spree that killed more than a dozen people in 2009 at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas.Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist who reached the rank of Major, came to oppose...

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of all pastoral services to Catholics serving in the U.S. military, said that his fellow churchmen cannot participate in the upcoming firing squad of Nidal Hasan. Controversy erupted last week when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon will be livestreaming Hasan’s execution, which has been scheduled for December 3. Hasan was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood that killed 14 people — 12 U.S. Army soldiers, one civilian, and an unborn child. Another 33 were injured. In a statement on Monday, Broglio said that Catholics who serve on...

VATICAN CITY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Dumping plastic in waterways is "criminal" and must end if humanity wants to save the planet for future generations, Pope Francis said in a television interview on Sunday. In the hour-long interview on state broadcaster RAI's Channel 3, Francis also reiterated some of the key themes of his papacy, condemning excessive spending on armaments, defending the rights of migrants, and condemning ideological rigidity by conservatives in the Church. Francis, who has made defending the environment a cornerstone of his pontificate, recounted how Italian fishermen came to him one year and told him they had...