From New York, this is Democracy Now.

Cardinal Ray spoke about the war. Yesterday, they see now.

Cardinal Ray spoke about the war.

Yesterday, they did not let the patriarch enter into Gaza, as they had promised.

And yesterday, children were bombed.

This is cruelty.

This is not war.

I wanted to say this because it touches the heart.

The Pope has died yesterday on Easter Sunday.

He once again called for a ceasefire in Gaza.

He was also a fierce voice for immigrants. We'll look at his life and legacy with Reverend Muntha Isaac in Bethlehem,

Marie Dennis of Pax Christie International, and Robert Ellsberg, editor of Pope Francis's book,

A Stranger, and You Welcome to Me, a call to mercy and solidarity with migrants and refugees.

But first, Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen has just returned from El Salvador,

where he met with Kilmar Abrago-Garcia, the Maryland father,

whom the Trump administration mistakenly sent to El Salvador's notorious megaprism,

but who, despite a Supreme Court ruling,

has refused to return him to the United States.

His conversation with me was the first communication

he had with anybody outside of prison

since he was abducted.

He said he felt very sad about being in a prison because he had not committed any crimes.

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