00:01Pope Leo XIV says,
00:03God rejects the prayers of leaders who start war and have hands full of blood.
00:07This in unusually forceful remarks as the war in Iran entered its second month.
00:12The pontiff calls the conflict atrocious, adding Jesus cannot be used to justify any wars,
00:17as he addressed tens of thousands in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday.
00:21Leo did not specifically name any world leaders, but he has been ramping up criticism of the Iran war in
00:26recent weeks.
00:27Some U.S. officials have invoked Christian language to justify the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
00:32Brothers and sisters, this is our God, Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to
00:41justify war.
00:42He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying,
00:48Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.
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