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The Poison in America’s Heart, by Pedro Gonzalez – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

The Poison in America’s Heart, by Pedro Gonzalez

APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV TO ALL CHRISTIANS ON LOVE FOR THE POOR
October 9, 2025
Leo XIV: TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE “RAISING HOPE” CONFERENCE ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENCYCLICAL LAUDATO SI’
October 9, 2025

Charlie_Kirk_shooting_scene_aerial_view_close_up. The tent in which Kirk was fatally shot, cordoned off with police tape. 11 September 2025... This video, screenshot or audio excerpt was released under the Creative Commons license option on YouTube after July 2025. (YouTube changed the license version from CC BY 3.0 to 4.0 on August 1)

By Pedro Gonzalez, Chronicles, October 2025

Pedro Gonzalez is a senior writer at Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. He publishes the Contra Substack.

Pedro GonzalezAn old colleague I had not heard from in a long while added me to a group chat on Wednesday. The members were all people who had been in my cohort for the Claremont Institute’s Lincoln Fellowship in 2021, a mixture of media figures, analysts, and activists. Although the group sort of fragmented later, I did make a few good friends with whom I kept in touch even after I began removing myself from that social circle. Still, I thought it was odd. Why now, and why add me after years of silence?

“Charlie got shot.”

Charlie Kirk had been in my Lincoln Fellow class. That was how we first met, and that was how I appeared on his show and spoke at one of his events, before our paths diverged. I opened X just as the headlines were starting to appear on the feed. Someone shot him while he was on tour at Utah Valley University. …

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