发布于 2026年10月13日，美国东部时间早上6:02 / CNN
作者：克里斯托弗·兰姆、杰德·罗谢
何塞·路易斯·马加纳/美联社
负责美军天主教徒牧养工作的大主教强烈谴责五角大楼计划直播行刑队处决的方案，并于周一表示，天主教人员不应参与此次行动。
“正如我在人工流产案件中所做的那样，我要求所有被分配到行刑队的天主教徒申请豁免参与这一违背教会教义的行动，”蒂莫西·P·布罗格洛大主教在一份声明中写道。这是特朗普政府与天主教会之间最新的一次争端。
他的这番言论是在周一与教皇利奥会晤后发表的。教皇本人上周末强烈谴责死刑，这符合教会反对死刑的一贯立场，但也是这位相对新晋的教皇继在战争、移民和新闻自由等问题上与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普发生冲突之后的又一次表态。
上周，美国国防部长皮特·赫格斯在播客采访中宣布，将对被定罪的胡德堡大屠杀枪手尼达尔·哈桑的处决进行公开直播。五角大楼一名官员随后证实，此次处决“将进行网络直播”。
相关报道 10月6日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在白宫南草坪向媒体发表讲话时，国防部长皮特·赫格斯在一旁旁听。芬恩·戈麦斯/盖蒂图片社 军方对赫格斯公开行刑队处决的命令措手不及 阅读时长3分钟
这一公开行刑队处决直播的决定迅速引发两党担忧和反对——包括国会共和党议员的反对——以及世界各国领导人的广泛谴责。
布罗格洛还明确表示，他对2009年造成13人死亡的胡德堡大屠杀受害者的亲属感同身受，并补充说他曾为此次袭击的一名受害者主持过葬礼。
“我再次向胡德堡袭击事件中遇难者的家属和朋友致以诚挚的慰问，”布罗格洛写道。“这场袭击无视人的尊严。”
布罗格洛对公开此类活动的目的提出质疑，并呼吁“所有怀有善意的男女”“尽一切可能，不让年轻人和易受影响的人群看到拟议中的处决直播画面”。
“在我国独立250周年之际，让年轻人和易受影响的人群接触这类直播画面，其造成的影响是否能够挽回？”布罗格洛在声明中问道。“美军在世界上总体享有良好声誉。将一名坐轮椅的男子被处决的画面向全世界直播，真的能让美军和恐怖分子相提并论吗？这真的有意义吗？”
Archbishop serving US military urges Catholics be excused from proposed firing squad execution
PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2026, 6:02 AM ET / CNN
By Christopher Lamb, Jedd Rosche
Archbishop Timothy Broglio conducts an Easter Sunday Mass at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, April 12, 2020.
Jose Luis Magana/AP
The archbishop assigned to serve Catholics in the US military strongly condemned the Pentagon’s plan to livestream a firing squad execution and said Monday that Catholic personnel should not participate.
“As I would in the case of a procured abortion, I oblige any Catholics assigned to the firing squad to request to be excused from this action contrary to the teaching of the Church,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio wrote in a statement, marking the latest dispute between the Trump administration and the Catholic Church.
His comments came after he met with Pope Leo on Monday. The pontiff himself strongly condemned the death penalty over the weekend, consistent with the church’s opposition to capital punishment but also coming after the relatively new pope has already clashed with US President Donald Trump over issues of war, immigration and press freedom.
Last week, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in a podcast interview that the execution of the convicted Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan would be shown in public. A Pentagon official later said the execution “will be livestreamed.”
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The decision to livestream a public firing squad execution was swiftly met with bipartisan concern and opposition — including from Republican members of Congress — as well as widespread condemnation from world leaders.
He also made clear he felt for the loved ones of those impacted by Hasan’s 2009 mass shooting that killed 13 people, adding that he presided at the funeral for one of the victims of the attack.
“I renew my expression of heartfelt sympathy to the families and friends of those who died in the attack at Fort Hood,” Broglio wrote. “It was an attack that disregarded the dignity of the human person.”
Broglio questioned the purpose of making such an event public, calling on “all men and women of good will” to “do what is possible to keep the exposure to the live-streaming of the proposed execution from the vision of the young and impressionable.”
“Will the exposure of a live-stream to the young and impressionable during the 250th anniversary year of our independence be able to be repaired?” Broglio asked in his statement. “The US military generally enjoys a good reputation in the world. Is there really a value to throwing them in the same boat with terrorists by broadcasting the image of the execution of a man in a wheel chair to the whole world?”