WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Archbishop Timothy Broglio presided at the funeral of Michael Grant Cahill, the only civilian killed at Fort Hood in 2009. On Monday, the archbishop for the U.S. military told Catholic soldiers that if they are assigned to the firing squad that will execute the man who killed Cahill, they should ask to be excused.

"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," Broglio said in a statement from the Archdiocese for the Military Services. The statement turns the backlash against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan to livestream the Dec. 3 execution of Nidal Hasan, which EH reported l...