Pope Leo: No Divine Pass for War

0:00Pope Leo the 14th dropped a powerful message on Palm Sunday, saying God tunes out prayers from folks waging war or twisting faith to back there. Fights? During Mass and St. Peter's Square, he called Jesus the King of Peace who straight up rejects violence, quoting scripture about hands full of blood. With the U.S. and Israel locked in a second month clash against Iran, plus Russia's grind in Ukraine, Leo hammered home that no side gets a divine. Pass. Leaders everywhere, from U.S. defense heads to Russia's Orthodox crew, have been name-dropping God to hype their moves as holy crusades. Over in Jerusalem, things got tense when police blocked top Catholic leaders, including Cardinal Pier Batista Pizabala from the Church of the Holy. Sepulchre for their Palm Sunday Mass, the first block like that in centuries, citing old city security shutdowns, Israel drew heat, but Prime Minister Benjamin Niyahu promised a partial reopening soon. Leo prayed hard for Middle East Christians caught in the crossfire, unable to fully

1:03mark these holy days amid the chaos. He urged everyone in Holy Week to remember global suffering like Christ's own, pushing for real past to reconciliation. As Leo steps up for Holy Thursday's footwashing right, echoes of Pope Francis Linger, the man who died on Easter Monday last year after his final. Piazza Lap, leaving a legacy of reaching the overlooked, peace feels urgent now more than ever. That's your update from Vancouver News today, powered by AI.