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Pope Leo XIV condemned the use of Jesus to justify war and called for peace amid ongoing conflicts, addressing tens of thousands at St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday.
- On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV rejected claims that God justifies war during a Palm Sunday Mass in Peter's Square, insisting that Jesus is the "King of Peace" who rejects violence.
- Amid the Israeli war on Iran and Russia's campaign in Ukraine, Leo addressed religious justifications for conflict as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Orthodox Church invoked faith to frame military actions.
- Recalling the prophet Isaiah, the Pope noted, "Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood," emphasizing Jesus's steadfast meekness amid violence.
- Leo is restoring the traditional Holy Thursday foot-washing ceremony to the basilica of John Lateran, a practice previously observed by Popes Benedict XVI and John Paul II for decades.
- Current observances recall Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday last year after a final, poignant Holy Week, having famously used his pontificate to reach society's margins.
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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war , as he prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square. With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran entering its second month and Russia’s ongoing campaign in Ukraine, Leo dedicated his Palm Sunday homily to his insistence that God is the “king of peace” who rejects violence and comforts those who are oppres…
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Pope Leo XIV celebrated Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square in Rome, kicking off his first papal Easter. Tens of thousands of worshippers gathered in the square, and the pope told them, among other things, that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars, foreign news agencies reported.
Pope Leo: God ‘does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war’
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday said that God “does not listen to the prayers” of individuals who start wars, as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran continues. “Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,” the first American pope, citing…
Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday homily
“Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,” Leo said. “He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.”
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