Pope Leo XIV opens Holy Week with Palm Sunday that recalls final days of Pope Francis' life - AP News

Pope Leo XIV opens Holy Week with Palm Sunday that recalls final days of Pope Francis' life  AP News

Pope seems to rebuke Trump in remarks about leaders with ‘hands full of blood’

Pontiff’s unusually pointed comments come after Pete Hegseth’s prayer for violence against enemies ‘who deserve no mercy’ Pope Leo has said God ignores the prayers of leaders who wage war and have “hands full of blood” in an apparent rebuke to the Trump administration. The pontiff made the comments on Sunday as thousands of US troops arrived in the Middle East and days after the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, prayed for violence against enemies who deserved “no mercy”. Continue reading...

By Rory Carroll

Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message

Pope Leo XIV rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square.

By The Associated Press

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON: Even Judas? Rethinking sin, despair and divine mercy this Palm Sunday

Bishop Robert Barron explores whether Judas can be saved, citing Pope Francis, the Catechism, and Catholic teaching on mercy in his Palm Sunday reflection.

Pope Leo condemns using God to justify war in Palm Sunday mass

The pope has said God rejects the prayers of those who wage war and have "hands full of blood." Leo has also prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass.

Israeli police prevent Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch from celebrating Palm Sunday mass

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic figure in Jerusalem, was barred from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday mass, according to his office, in what Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni labelled an "offence to the faithful".

By FRANCE 24

Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who start wars in scathing Palm Sunday message

The Pope said God rejects the prayers of leaders who initiate wars and possess ‘hands full of blood’

By Joshua McElwee

Israeli police block Catholic cardinal from Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday: Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of those who wage war

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By TOI World Desk

Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message

Pope Leo XIV rejected the notion that God justifies war during Palm Sunday Mass, emphasizing peace and comfort for those suffering.

God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars, Pope Leo tells thousands in Palm Sunday homily - The Straits Times

God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars, Pope Leo tells thousands in Palm Sunday homily  The Straits Times

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem prevented from entering Church of Holy Sepulchre by Israel Police

Pizzaballa, accompanied by the official Guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Fr. Francesco Ielpo, had been proceeding to the church in order to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass.

Israel blocks Jerusalem's Patriarch from celebrating mass

Israeli police have prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday mass, according to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Israeli police block Catholic cardinal from Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday

Israeli police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from marking Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre “for the first time in centuries,” the Patriarchate said, with police citing security concerns linked to the Iran war. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Friar Francesco Ielpo were stopped by police while walking to the church, built […]

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Israeli police prevent church officials from entering Jerusalem church for Palm Sunday mass

The two top Christian officials in the area were stopped by police from entering the church, a joint statement said.

Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars

"[Jesus] does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: 'Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood'," Pope Leo says, citing a Bible passage

By Reuters

Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars - The Jakarta Post

Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars  The Jakarta Post

Palm Sunday Mass in Valencia, Bukidnon highlights faith amid crisis

VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon — Catholics here gathered on Palm Sunday for a Holy Mass to commemorate Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, signaling the start of Holy Week. Rev. Fr. Jojo Sumastre of St. Bernadette Parish in Barangay Batangan, Valencia City, celebrated Mass at a chapel inside a private subdivision, which included a reenactment of

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Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars

Pontiff's unusually forceful remarks come as Iran war enters second month

By Reuters