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Pope calls death penalty 'inadmissible' as U.S. plans livestreamed…

The pontiff cited the execution's threat to human dignity in a post on X as U.S. officials prepare to broadcast the event; nobody has explained the intended audience.

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on BBN Tonight
Published 6:17 PM ET, Saturday, October 10, 2026

At a glance

First reported by Al Jazeera: “Pope says death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as US plans to livestream execution”, with reporting from Al Jazeera.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 6:17 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Australian, US.
BBN covered this story before: Three Men Convicted in Murders of Surfers in Mexico (October 9).

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Al JazeeraPope says death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as US plans to livestream execution
Al JazeeraMexican judge sentences three men for murders of Australian, US surfers

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPope Leo the Fourteenth has called the death penalty inadmissible, as the United States prepares to livestream an execution.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn a post on X, he described capital punishment as an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA livestream. So the broadcast is the new part.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAl Jazeera and CBS News both report the plan. Officials have not been shy about the cameras.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNobody has explained who the audience is meant to be.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSomebody approved the camera angles. That is a meeting I would not want to have attended.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Mexico, a judge has sentenced three men for the murders of an Australian and a U.S. surfer.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorConvictions in a case that drew attention on both sides of the Pacific.