# The World Over - JUST WAR/DEATH PENALTY, POLARIZATION in the PEWS, PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS

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Podcast: [World Over](https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-over-160109)
Published: 2026-05-01T00:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://i.listen.ewtn.com/WOT/WOT06410.mp3
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## Resource

Dr. Chad Pecknold discusses Catholic Just War theory and church teaching on capital punishment. Dr. Ryan Burge on political polarization in U.S. churches and his new book. Fr. Ben Kiely on the persecution of Christians in Africa & the Middle East.

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