A growing rift is emerging between US President Donald Trump and Catholic voters, as US-backed wars in Gaza and against Iran collide with core Church teachings on war, morality, and the protection of civilians.
Once a reliable base, many Catholics are increasingly questioning the use of religious rhetoric to justify military escalation, while the Vatican continues to call for ceasefires and restraint.
On 24 March 2026, addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Francesca Albanese frames the statement as both a moral indictment and an appeal for urgent action. She rejects attempts to recast the issue as one of religion or identity, insisting that “It’s not about religion” and condemning what she describes as the “weaponizing the memory of the Holocaust.” She says the international response has been grossly inadequate to the scale of Palestinian suffering, pointing to killings, torture, starvation, and what she calls the “extreme unchilding” of Palestinian children. Her core message is that expressions of concern are empty without action, telling states plainly: “They do not need your condemnation. They need your action.”
She then turns to state responsibility, arguing that governments and institutions are complicit if they continue normal relations with Israel while denouncing abuses. Albanese says “diplomacy, in the time of genocide, is non-neutral,” and urges states to “stop aiding and assisting the unlawful occupation,” “Cut ties with it,” and support accountability through courts and arrests. She closes by widening the argument beyond Palestine, describing the moment as a “moral desertification of historic proportions” and calling for “a decolonized multilateralism” rooted in “equality, dignity, democracy, shared humanity.” The speech ends on a defiant, hopeful note: “when Palestine will be free, because it will be free, we will all be free.”
Cult abuse, mind control, brainwashing, child exploitation, Children of God survivors, religious trauma, coercive control, trafficking, second-generation cult survivors; In this powerful episode of Cults, Culture, and Coercion, Steven Hassan speaks with psychologist and survivor Maria Esguerra about growing up inside one of the most extreme high-control cult groups.
Dr. Hassan welcomes Maria Esguerra, a registered psychologist from Australia who was born and raised in the Children of God (also known as The Family). As a second-generation cult survivor of one of the most oppressive cults, Children of God, Maria brings both lived experience and clinical expertise to a deeply important conversation about cult abuse, trauma, and holding cults accountable for the damage they've caused.
Together, they explore the realities of being raised in a high-control, authoritarian cult environment, including systemic child abuse, lack of medical care, exploitation, and the long-term psychological consequences for survivors. Maria shares how her work with support groups and advocacy aids cult survivors, including helping cult victims pursue justice and speaking before government inquiries into cults.
This episode examines:
Maria also discusses her work in mental health and trauma-informed care, highlighting how systemic failures continue to impact survivors who were denied basic rights like education, legal identity documentation, and medical treatment.
🔗 Learn more about Maria Esguerra and her work: https://www.mariaesguerra.com/
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When Netanyahu came to the U.S. and called on Pres. Trump to join Israel in a war against Iran, the NYT reported that some of Trump's leading advisers were opposed to the war -- Rubio and Ratcliffe -- but did not speak up. Polls show 60+% opposition to this war. If you are opposed to more tax money and American lives lost to fight these wars, are you speaking out?
Write or call your Congressman! Send a clear message: No more funds for the bankers' wars, no more giving in to support the policies which benefit the City of London and the Epstein Class!
If you are joining our mobilization, send your reports to me:
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What if the biggest stories you believe right now… aren’t true? In this episode, Michael Matt exposes the rise of Orwell’s “Blackwhite” in modern life, from Iran war propaganda to media-controlled narratives, from Trump’s latest controversy to growing attacks on the papacy. As truth, faith, and politics collide, one question becomes unavoidable: have we traded truth for tribalism… and do we even realize it?
John examines how obedience to authority can override conscience, beginning with the Milgram experiments and then connecting those findings to his own experience in Branhamism. He argues that authoritarian religious systems can use information control, prophetic exclusivity, and leader-centered messaging to shape belief and suppress independent judgment.
The discussion then turns toward the New Apostolic Reformation and the broader charismatic world, exploring how techniques of authority and submission can move from political or psychological theory into spiritual environments. The result is a framework for understanding how religious control can become normalized, internalized, and difficult to recognize from the inside.
Introduction: Continuing discussion from our previous program, we analyze the second of two articles Mr. Emory has taken out from behind the paywall of his Patreon platform.
The program analyzes the profound German and Nazi links to Mohammed Atta and his milieux in both Hamburg, Germany and the United States.
In addition, the broadcast sets forth the possibility of a cyber false-flag terrorist incident, with the CIA’s cyber-warfare capability specifically designed to mimic Iranian hackers, among others.
Key Points of Analysis and Discussion Include: Analysis of Ernst Uhrlau’s curious career pathway; Uhrlau’s heading of the Hamburg police force when it was surveilling Mohammed Atta and the terrorist cells in Hamburg; Uhrlau’s appointment as special intelligence advisor to Helmut Kohl; Uhrlau’s heading of the BND; Review of the BND and its Nazi character and origin; Uhrlau’s purging of the SS and Gestapo background of 250 BND officers; Mohamed Atta’s sponsorship by the Carl Duisberg Gesellschafft; Atta’s association with Germans in Florida; Atta’s association with the offspring of prominent German industrialists in Florida; Operational links between SICO and unpublished accounts of the Clearstream network, controlled by the Deutsche Borse (the German stock exchange); The liquidation of financial entities by Francois Genoud associate Baudoin Dunand, fellow SICO director Charles Rochat and Iran-Contra operative Willard Zucker; The distinct possibility that the establishment of the 16 unpublished Clearstream accounts opened by SICO in the spring of 2001, the liquidation of key financial entities by Dunand, Zucker et al were the vehicle for Rudi Dekkers’ sudden economic largesse in the fall of 2001. (more...)
The Walls Came Tumbling Down: Nazis, Fascists and The 9/11 Attacks, Part 2
