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Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment storm the grounds of the Soldier Readiness Center to apprehend a mass shooter in Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009. (Credit: David Morris/Killeen Daily Herald via AP/AP.)

A botched execution and plans for one in public show the US is conflicted about capital punishment

Oct 10
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Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 in Hebron, Ky., as he departs for a rally in Lima, Ohio. (Credit: Samuel Corum/Pool Photo via AP.)

Catholic VP Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution

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Women prepare porridge in Zambia. (Credit: Mary's Meals.)

World Porridge Day highlights feeding the planet’s poorest children nourishing breakfasts so they go to school

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Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Alan Saunders arrives at the West Australian District Court in Perth, Australia, on Aug. 11, 2026. (Credit: Aaron Bunch/AAP Image via AP.)

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Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, speaks Nov. 15, 2022, during a session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (Credit: Bob Roller/CNS.)

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Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, is seen in Anaheim, Calif., calling for an end to the death penalty in this 2016 file photo. (Credit: J.D. Long-Garcia/The Tidings via CNS.)

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Pope Leo XIV in Paul VI Hall on Oct. 7, 2026.

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Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 in Hebron, Ky., as he departs for a rally in Lima, Ohio. (Credit: Samuel Corum/Pool Photo via AP.)

Catholic VP Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution

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A sculpture of an angel stands at a memorial for survivors and lives lost to suicide dedicated by the Archdiocese of Chicago at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Ill., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (Credit: Luis Andres Henao/AP.)

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A botched execution and plans for one in public show the US is conflicted about capital punishment