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Jennifer Bryson served as a lead interrogator at the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba between 2004 and 2006. She spoke with EWTN News In Depth’s Colm Flynn in an exclusive interview that aired on May 26, 2023, just days before Pope Francis released his prayer intention for June calling for an end to torture around the world.

Former Guantanamo Bay interrogator speaks about torture, conscience, and faith

Jun 17, 2023

By Zoe Romanowsky

Jennifer Bryson, a former lead interrogator at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, recently talked with EWTN News In Depth’s Colm... Read more

A view of the facade of St. Peter's Basilica from the Vaticans Apostolic Palace.

Guantanamo bishop moving to a new archdiocese

Dec 6, 2016

By Elise Harris

On Tuesday, the Vatican announced that Bishop Wilfredo Pino Estévez, who has led the Cuban diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa for the... Read more

Barbed wire.

Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo echoes call of US bishops

Feb 23, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday his intent to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, a proposal... Read more

US asks Vatican to help relocate Guantanamo inmates

Dec 15, 2014

On Monday, the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met briefly with his Vatican counterpart, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to discuss... Read more

Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace.

Bishop urges US to respect rights of Guantanamo detainees

Jun 25, 2013

By Adelaide Mena

The U.S. bishops’ international justice head told the U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel that detainees held on terrorism charges... Read more