Issued on: 14/04/2026 - 11:56Modified: 14/04/2026 - 11:57
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, April 14: There's outrage after Donald Trump's vitriolic critique of Pope Leo and a now deleted Jesus-like AI image of him. The Washington Post suggests that this latest controversy will alienate Trump's staunchly religious base. Also in the press: Amazon is accused of ignoring the death of a worker for several hours in a distribution centre in Oregon. Plus: an independent coffee shop shares its recipe for a drink and goes viral!
Donald Trump's feud with Pope Leo XIV continues to dominate the press. Trump lambasted the pope as "weak on crime" and "terrible for foreign policy", to which Pope Leo said he's not afraid to speak out. It comes after the pontiff called for peace and dialogue in the war in Iran and offered his strongest condemnation yet of the conflict. In its analysis, The Washington Post relays the shock of observers of the Catholic Church, who say this open war of words between a pope and president is unprecedented in modern times. According to one observer, the last such spat dates back to the Middle Ages. The Post notes that Trump took aim not at Pope Francis, who was seen as anti-American, but rather a "White Sox-loving, south side of Chicago boy made good who delivered his critiques with the unassuming presence of a small-town parish priest".
The Italian press also does not take kindly to Trump's insults of the Vatican leader. La Repubblica condemns Trump's "contempt" for the pontiff. La Stampa, meanwhile, publishes the now-deleted AI generated image of Trump appearing as a Jesus-like figure, touching the forehead of a sick man. The image was posted to his social media platform Truth Social. The British tabloid Daily Star sees him otherwise – calling him a very naughty boy, not the Messiah. The New York Times reports that Trump has said that he thought the image depicted him as a doctor, "making people better", not Jesus! French Catholic daily La Croix, meanwhile, focuses on the pope's unwavering strength in the face of Trump's vitriol.
Moving on, the website Futurism relays a report accusing Amazon of trying to cover up a dead worker in one of its US facilities. The investigation was published by the independent investigative journalism website The Western Edge. It found that Amazon allegedly tried to keep from being publicised the April 6 death of a worker in the company's Troutdale distribution centre in Oregon. An employee, known as Sam, told the outlet that despite seeing a body laying lifeless, he was told to get back to work. When one employee doing CPR got tired, Sam wanted to take over and was told it was management or the safety team's responsibility. The worker's job was to move large yellow plastic bins to a cart – a physically demanding job. Staff were told much later that he had died, meaning they had to keep working despite his body lying there. An investigation in 2024 led by Bernie Sanders accused Amazon of sacrificing employee safety for higher productivity, which Amazon denied.
Finally, an independent coffee shop has gone viral for sharing one of its very popular recipes. Today reports on the lovely story of Little Joy Coffee in the US state of Minnesota. The shop manager posted a video last month as part of a "DIY or Buy" series – where they assess whether a fancy coffee is cheaper homemade or in the shop. She then posted the full recipe for their raspberry Danish latte… and invited other coffee shops to make it and put it on their menu. The recipe quickly went viral, and coffee shops from Canada to Korea to New Zealand are now offering the drink. All this thanks to the selflessness of a coffee shop owner who wanted to support her independent colleagues!
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