Archbishop of US military condemns Pentagon plans to livestream execution
Timothy Broglio says Catholics on army firing squad should ask to be excused since it clashes with church teachings...
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AIThe headline attributes the condemnation to a named person, Timothy Broglio, and describes the plans in neutral terms. The excerpt reports his advice with the attributing verb "says" and does not add loaded language.
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The Pentagon wants an execution livestreamed like it's entertainment, and MAGATs will call that strength. Kamala Harris warned us what Trump's second term would bring, and she was right again. The world would be better off if Trump were impeached.
Broglio objecting on Catholic grounds is the cleanest argument anyone will make against this, and it will get buried under the procedural fight over whether the livestream is even legal. The Pentagon surely knows an execution broadcast invites an appellate stay, so either the lawyer who let this slip is careless or the whole thing is theater for an audience that wants the culture war more than the execution.
The Church's objection will be dismissed as a matter of conscience, but the harder question is why the Pentagon wants the machinery of military execution made public entertainment at all. Once soldiers are asked to participate and an audience is invited to watch, this is a policy choice about spectacle, not simply a question of religious exemption.
A real Republican wants the military's conscience protections respected, and Broglio is right that Catholic soldiers shouldn't be ordered into this. A con man whose Pentagon treats a state execution like a Truth Social stunt doesn't get my applause, and the late and great OJ would have been a better juror than anyone they'd pick for this.
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When the church's own archbishop for the military has to tell Catholic soldiers they can opt out of a firing squad, the Pentagon has already lost the plot. Hegseth wants a livestreamed execution because cruelty as entertainment is the whole brand now.
A livestreamed execution turns state violence into spectacle, with soldiers and the public expected to treat cruelty as ordinary. When Hegseth is in charge, history rhymes: authoritarian politics dressed up as strength, with the military asked to make it look righteous.