by Amy Goodman | Apr 27, 2026 | Catholic Church, Chicago, Death Penalty, DePaul University, Donald Trump, Interview, Pope Leo
The Justice Department is bringing back the use of firing squads and lethal injection using pentobarbital as it seeks to expedite and expand federal death penalty convictions and executions. No federal executions have been carried out since 2020, when the first Trump administration broke with over a decade of precedent and executed 13 people on death row. The second Trump administration is now…
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by Brad Reed | Apr 13, 2026 | AI, Catholic Church, Donald Trump, News, Pete Hegseth, Pope Leo, Religion, Trump Administration
Pope Leo XIV on Monday said he would not back off his criticism of President Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran after the president targeted him with an unhinged late-night social media rant. In a Sunday Truth Social post, Trump accused Pope Leo of being “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,” even though dealing with crime and running U.S. foreign policy are not part of the pope’…
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by Julia Conley | Apr 9, 2026 | Catholic Church, Catholicism, Donald Trump, News, Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, Pope Leo, Trump Administration
Pope Leo, the first American to be named the head of the worldwide Catholic Church, has spoken out against President Donald Trump’s policies frequently this year as the US has invaded Venezuela and Iran and threatened Cuba’s 10 million people with an oil blockade that has crippled the island’s economy and healthcare system — and according to new reports, his criticism has followed a warning from a…
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