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AP: "Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church’s pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S. military…stipulated that any Catholic soldier assigned to the U.S. Army firing squad should ask to be excused from that duty, which he described as contrary to the teachings of the church."
politico.com
Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad
The archbishop described the planned execution of a gunman who killed 13 people on a military base as contrary to the teachings of the church.
