{"id":337863,"date":"2026-04-25T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pope-condemns-death-penalty-as-trump-admin-pushes-for-firing-squads\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T14:00:08","slug":"pope-condemns-death-penalty-as-trump-admin-pushes-for-firing-squads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pope-condemns-death-penalty-as-trump-admin-pushes-for-firing-squads\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope condemns death penalty as Trump admin pushes for firing squads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/ByAj3MHbAf4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Pope condemns death penalty as Trump admin pushes for firing squads\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ByAj3MHbAf4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV condemned capital punishment in a video to DePaul University in Illinois on Friday to mark the 15th anniversary of the state&#8217;s abolition of the death penalty. 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