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Execution of Fort Hood shooter will not be livestreamed
United States President Donald Trump has announced the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will not be livestreamed. Source: EWTN News.
Live stream of execution must be blocked: Albanese
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will do everything it can to stop the “abhorrent” live stream of a firing squad execution in the United States from being shown in Australia. Source: ABC News.
Labor may not have ability to block livestream of US execution
Social media platforms and media outlets have been warned not to broadcast a planned livestreamed execution in the United States, but doubts remain about the Albanese Government’s ability to block the footage from being viewed in Australia. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
Pope declares capital punishment ‘inadmissible’
Pope Leo XIV declared capital punishment ‘‘inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad. Source: NCR Online.
Vatican’s UN envoy calls for abolition of death penalty
The Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations has urged the international community to abolish the death penalty during a meeting at the 81st General Assembly. Source: EWTN News.
US bishops call for end to death penalty
Catholic bishops have asked the state of Tennessee this week to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment, while US President Donald Trump approved an execution by a military firing squad. Source: EWTN News.
South Korean Catholics renew call to end death penalty
Catholic leaders in South Korea have renewed their call for the abolition of the death penalty and urged lawmakers to build a penal system that protects human dignity, public safety, and the possibility of rehabilitation. Source: UCA News.
Bishops urge Florida residents to help end ‘culture of death’
Florida’s Catholic bishops are urging state residents to work to bring about an end to the death penalty, describing it as a “culture of death” and incompatible with a full Catholic understanding of the value of human life. Source: National Catholic Register.
Alarming spike in death penalty use
The number of executions around the globe in 2025 surged to the highest recorded figure in 44 years, a new Amnesty International report said. Source: Catholic Review.