Pope Leo calls capital punishment ‘inadmissible’ as U.S. plans to livestream execution

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Pope Leo calls capital punishment ‘inadmissible’ as U.S. plans to livestream execution

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Pope Leo has described capital punishment as “inadmissible,” invoking revised Catholic teaching introduced under Pope Francis. The comments come as the United States plans to livestream an execution.

Leo quotes revised Catholic teaching ushered in by Pope Francis on World Day Against the Death Penalty

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