{
  "id": 14045146,
  "title": "Catholics in US Army must not take part in firing squad, armed forces archbishop says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/catholics-in-us-army-must-not-take-part-in-firing-squad-armed-forces",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T20:41:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3370649/catholics-us-army-must-not-take-part-firing-squad-armed-forces-archbishop-says"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Catholics serving in the US Army should not take part in the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan that the Pentagon is planning to live stream on December 3, a prominent US archbishop said on Monday. In an unusually strongly worded statement, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the spiritual care of Catholic members of the US armed forces, raised a series of objections to…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "US archbishop says Catholics in army should not participate in firing squad",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/us-archbishop-says-catholics-in-army-should-not-participate-in-firing",
        "published": "2026-10-12T23:05:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}