Donald Trump makes some iffy decisions.
The pope might have a difficult time in the future. It is time for some prayers.
And, it turns out, Christa Pike is just fine and back in prison. So when are they going to finish executing her?
News
Here is some news:
- Pope Leo XIV told the faithful gathered for the Angelus on Sunday that his doctors have found a “localized nodule” in his lung and he will be operated on in a few days.
- “Dear friends, during some recent medical examinations, the doctors found a small, localized nodule in my lung. It was detected at a very early stage and is well-localized. The doctors believe that it is best to intervene, so, following their advice, I have decided to undergo surgery to remove it. The operation is already scheduled to take place in the coming days. I thank you for your spiritual closeness and entrust myself to your prayers. Thank you, and happy Sunday!”
- Convicted murderer Christa Pike has returned to prison and is recovering from her failed execution, according to a statement from her attorneys.
- Pike, who tortured and killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995, had been in the hospital since September 30 after a botched execution. She is the first known person to survive after execution drugs were actually administered, according to a statement by the Death Penalty Information Center.
- The state previously confirmed there is no pending order for another execution attempt, but the possibility is still on the table.
- A Philadelphia police officer died Saturday after a gunman shot him and another officer who had answered an overnight call about an armed man in West Philadelphia, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said.
- Officer Shane Seiber, 40, a ten-year veteran with a 7-year-old son and a 3-year-old daughter, was hit three times. The second officer, 33 and a father of five, was struck 12 times. Bethel said that officer is stable but “not out of the woods yet,” 6ABC News reported. Both were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
- Officers from the 19th District were sent to the scene just after 12:20 a.m. for a report of a man with a gun on the porch, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The shots came soon after the officers reached the porch, about half an hour after dispatch. The gunman then reportedly ran through an alley and fired at other officers, missing them. Police found him in a tree and arrested him.
- Investigators recovered a shotgun and two handguns. One of the handguns had been taken from a wounded officer, Bethel said.
- Mayor Cherelle Parker, who said the officers were “badly wounded,” used the briefing to urge state lawmakers to expand Pennsylvania’s involuntary commitment law to cover substance use disorder and other behavioral conditions.
- Police have not publicly named the man in custody or said what prompted the shooting. Law enforcement sources have identified him to the Inquirer as Eric Lewis, a Philadelphia Water Department employee.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/christa-pike-discharged-from-hospital-after-failed-execution?author=Thomas+English&category=undefined&elementPosition=9&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Christa+Pike+Discharged+From+Hospital+After+Failed+Execution
https://www.dailywire.com/news/gunman-kills-philadelphia-police-officer-shoots-another-12-times?author=Thomas+English&category=undefined&elementPosition=10&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Gunman+Kills+Philadelphia+Police+Officer%2C+Shoots+Another+12+Times
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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-10/pope-leo-xiv-to-undergo-surgery-remove-nodule-lung.html
Drop the Hammer
According to the Associated Press:
A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said. The Houthis claimed responsibility for those attacks and others.
Saudi authorities said there were injuries in the latest attack on the King Khalid International Airport complex for terminals 3 and 4, serving domestic flights. The airport — struck four times in the past five days — has been closed since Saturday’s missile attack, which was the deadliest in a Gulf Arab nation since the Iran war began. Over 300 other people were wounded, some critically.
The sharp escalation in the war’s new front threatens to draw in greater U.S. military involvement. President Donald Trump has said he is weighing joining the fight against the Houthis. There was no White House comment Sunday.
India’s embassy in Saudi Arabia said one of its citizens died Sunday of injuries sustained in Saturday’s attack, which would bring the toll to 13. Saudi authorities later said King Fahd International Airport in Dammam also was attacked, with few details. The city is on the Persian Gulf near Bahrain and Qatar.
The latest strike in Riyadh came shortly after the Houthis said the airport in the rebel-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa had been struck again, and blamed the Saudis. On Sunday night the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV channel reported further strikes on Sanaa, blaming Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has not commented on the strikes.
At stake, again, in this escalation are global supplies and prices of oil as well as commercial shipping through a crucial alternative waterway to the Iran-threatened Strait of Hormuz — along with civilians and aviation throughout the region.
https://apnews.com/article/saudi-yemen-houthi-riyadh-airport-d2e0868ffb18d883c16465d7d6a87ccb
I’m Not Sure This Is A Good Idea
According to the Associated Press:
President Donald Trump said he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.
Trump said on social media on Friday that he struck the deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call in which he was expected to discuss a suspected case of plague in Russia. Instead, Trump announced that Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons “immediately thereafter.” Russia will deliver an additional 3 million tons “within a short period of time” after that, he wrote.
Trump’s shocking announcement was in stark contrast to a sweeping Russia sanctions law he signed last month that aimed at clamping down on the oil and gas revenues that fuel Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it “a weak decision, unfortunately, a weak decision by strong partners,” according to a statement released by the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington.
Trump announced the deal as his envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner were meeting with Ukrainian officials in Miami to discuss a proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
“I believe our team is simply being used as a smokescreen. And that is certainly not fair. It is certainly not how partners should treat each other,” Zelenskyy said.
Trump’s move casts doubt on the likelihood of the White House imposing new sanctions on Russia, given that the law that passed overwhelmingly by Congress directs the administration to target countries that purchase Russian oil and gas. Lawmakers this week had urged the Trump administration to act quickly to use the tools available to help Ukraine.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, along with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who is the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the ranking Democrat on the Banking Committtee, called Trump’s announcement a betrayal of Ukraine, the European allies and U.S. national security.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-will-halt-strikes-refineries-if-russia-stops-energy-attacks-zelenskiy-2026-10-11/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://apnews.com/article/trump-russia-diesel-midterms-12baccc7aade559bf329079b0548c9da
This Is How You Death Penalty!
According to the Daily Wire:
War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday that Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan’s December 3 execution by firing squad will be made public, saying, “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it.”
Hegseth told “Human Events” host Jack Posobiec that he wanted to make sure people understood the serious consequences of Hasan’s attack, which killed 13 people in 2009.
Hegseth said the execution has been scheduled to mirror Hasan’s massacre, taking place at Fort Hood on a Thursday at 1 p.m. local time, matching the day of the week and time of the attack.
Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood in 2009, killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others while yelling “Allahu Akbar.” He was sentenced to death in 2013.
He’s Just Wrong Here
According to the Washington Post:
ROME — Pope Leo XIV waded into the debate over the death penalty Saturday, calling it “an attack” on human dignity a day after senior Church officials pointedly condemned the decision by the U.S. Defense Department to live-stream the execution of the convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.
On a day that capital punishment opponents have dubbed “World Day Against the Death Penalty,” Leo did not specifically reference the United States or Hasan, who on Dec. 3 is scheduled to die in the first known U.S. military execution by firing squad since 1945.
Writing on X, Leo reiterated his opposition, describing the death penalty as “inadmissible” and arguing that the “common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment.”
He ended with the hashtag #NoDeathPenalty.
Hasan, a former U.S. Army psychiatrist, opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. In an unprecedented move, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said this week that Hasan’s execution by firing squad would be live-streamed for the public. President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that he had personally authorized the live stream.
