US archbishop says Catholics in army should not participate in firing squad

Archbishop Timothy Broglio says the US plan to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood attacker is contrary to church’s teachings.United States Archbishop Timothy Broglio has urged Catholics who are members of the country’s armed forces not to take part in a planned public execution by firing squad, saying that it violates the teachings of the church.Broglio released a strongly worded statement on Monday raising a series of concerns about the US military’s plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, a former army major who killed 13 people during a shooting attack at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Barbaric’: US lawmakers condemn plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s executionlist 2 of 3Pope says death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as US plans to livestream executionlist 3 of 3Christa Pike case underscores prevalence of botched executions in USend of list“I oblige any Catholics assigned to the firing squad to request to be excused from this action contrary to the teaching of the Church,” Broglio said.He also asked whether the US wants to “imitate the terrorists of this world and make a public spectacle of barbarically killing our adversaries”.The...