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Cardinal Müller condemns planned streamed execution of Nidal Hasan
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller has condemned the US administration’s decision to execute former Army major Nidal Hasan by firing squad in a livestream.
Hasan was convicted for a 2009 attack at Fort Hood, Texas, that killed 13 people and wounded 32.
Müller said the execution would violate Catholic teaching and basic human dignity.
He argued that the state should not use the death penalty or turn an execution into a public spectacle.
Müller also said Catholic soldiers could refuse an order to take part because they would consider it immoral.
He urged the White House to change its decision, warning that the planned execution could set a damaging example.
The sources do not say whether the administration will change course.
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller condemned the planned streamed execution of former US Army major Nidal Hasan as barbaric.
Müller said the execution would violate Catholic teaching and the principles of modern humanism.
He said Catholic soldiers could refuse orders to take part in what he called an immoral act.
The article says the Trump administration decided on the execution and that President Donald Trump authorized it personally.
Hasan was sentenced for the 2009 Fort Hood attack, in which 13 people were killed and 32 injured.
- Who
- Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller condemned the planned execution of Nidal Hasan.
- What
- The Trump administration decided to carry out Hasan’s execution by firing squad and stream it.
- When
- The article was published on October 10, 2026. The execution date is not stated.
- Where
- The planned execution is in the United States; Hasan’s 2009 attack took place at Fort Hood.
- Why
- Müller said the execution was barbaric and immoral and that the state should not dispose of a person’s body.
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Trump administration
Execution
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Müller called the planned streamed execution barbaric and said it should not go ahead.
Trump administration
The administration decided on the execution; Trump authorized it personally.
Military participation
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Müller said Catholic soldiers could refuse an immoral order and should not take part in the firing squad.
Trump administration
The administration’s view on whether soldiers may refuse is not stated.
This is an act of pure barbarism.
I pray and hope that the White House will think again.
A Catholic soldier should not take part in this cruel spectacle.
We did not give him a blank cheque.
Hasan carried out the attack at Fort Hood, killing 13 people and injuring 32.
Corriere della Sera reported Müller’s condemnation of the planned streamed execution.
- Person
- Nidal Hasan
- Condemning cardinal
- Gerhard Ludwig Müller
- Planned method
- Firing squad, streamed
- Attack location
- Fort Hood
- Attack year
- 2009
- Casualties
- 13 killed; 32 injured
Sources
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