Pope Leo: Peace Amidst Chaos

0:00It's March 29th. Welcome in. This is Global News Today, where the world meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. Pope Leo XIV laid it down clear on Palm Sunday, speaking to tens of thousands in St. Peter Square. He shut down any talk of God backing war, calling Jesus the King of Peace, who turns away from violence and lifts up the oppressed. He prayed hard for Christians in the Middle East, caught in brutal fights. With the U.S. and Israel war against Iran dragging into its second month, plus Russia's push in Ukraine, Leo hid back at leaders twisting faith too. Greenlight their strikes. U.S. officials and Russia's Orthodox Church have both leaned on religion to frame these battles as holy causes. Palm Sunday kicks off Holy Week, remembering Jesus riding into Jerusalem before his crucifixion on Good Friday and resurrection on Easter. But in Jerusalem, police blocked top-catholic leaders from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the first block like that in centuries during Lees.

1:01Right. Leo urged everyone to pray for folks worldwide suffering like Christ did, pushing for real paths to reconciliation. He's bringing back the Holy Thursday footwashing to the Basilica of St. John Latterin, unlike Pope Francis who took it to prisons and refugee spots. As Leo leased the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum and Easter celebrations in the square, his call for peace echoes loud through these holy days amid all the chaos.