Vatican CityPope Leo XIV declared capital punishment inadmissible on Saturday.
His deputy, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, called the US plan to livestream an execution unacceptable.
Pope Francis rewrote the catechism in 2018 so the church no longer allows capital punishment in any case.
Republican Representative Austin Scott, who backs the execution, said “livestreaming executions is what Jihadists do.”
Trump has not decided whether to stream Nidal Hasan’s 3 December execution for killing 13 at Fort Hood.
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- Al Jazeera Online
- links the pope's post to Hegseth's livestreamed Hasan execution and the Christa Pike botched attempt, while noting Leo does not name them
- Reuters
- notes the Pentagon livestream would be an unprecedented US execution broadcast, with Trump undecided and Vance sceptical
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, Reuters