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Pope criticizes death penalty after Hegseth announces public execution

Washington Post World · October 10, 2026 at 12:34 PM

Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty “an attack” on human dignity a day after senior Church officials condemned the Pentagon’s plans to live-stream an execution of Nidal Malik Hasan.

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