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Catholics in US Army must not take part in firing squad, armed forces archbishop says

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United States. The first report grouped here was at 12 Oct 2026, 20:41 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Catholics in US Army must not take part in firing squad, armed forces archbishop says”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Catholics serving in the US Army should not take part in the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan that the Pentagon is planning to live stream on December 3, a prominent US archbishop said on Monday. In an unusually strongly worded statement, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees…
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Catholic US soldiers should not join Nidal Hasan firing squad, archbishop says
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Catholics in US Army must not take part in firing squad, armed forces archbishop says
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