{"id":39291,"date":"2026-03-30T09:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=39291"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:02:44","slug":"pope-leo-delivers-rebuke-of-pete-hegseth-with-anti-war-palm-sunday-sermon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=39291","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo Delivers \u2018Rebuke\u2019 of Pete Hegseth With Anti-War Palm Sunday Sermon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An article by Brad Reed in Common Dreams<\/a> (reprinted according to Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)<\/p>\n

Pope Leo XIV used his Palm Sunday sermon to take what appears to be a shot at US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n

In his sermon, excerpts of which he\u00a0published\u00a0on\u00a0social media, the pope emphasized Christian teachings against violence while criticizing anyone who would invoke Jesus Christ to justify a war.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,\u201d Pope Leo said. \u201cHe does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The pope also encouraged followers to \u201craise our prayers to the Prince of Peace so that he may support people wounded by war and open concrete paths of reconciliation and peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While speaking at the\u00a0Pentagon\u00a0last week, Hegseth directly invoked Jesus when discussing the Trump administration\u2019s unprovoked and unconstitutional war with Iran.<\/p>\n

Specifically, Hegseth\u00a0offered\u00a0up <\/a> a prayer in which he asked God to give US soldiers \u201cwisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity, and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy,\u201d adding that \u201cwe ask these things with bold confidence in the mighty and powerful name of Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mother Jones contributing writer Alex Nguyen\u00a0described\u00a0<\/a> the pope\u2019s sermon as a \u201crebuke\u201d of Hegseth, whom he noted \u201chas been open about his support for a Christian crusade\u201d in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Pope Leo is not the only Catholic leader speaking against using Christian faith to justify wars of aggression. Two weeks ago, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, said \u201cthe abuse and manipulation of God\u2019s name to justify this and any other war is the gravest sin we can commit at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWar is first and foremost political and has very material interests, like most wars,\u201d Cardinal Pizzaballa added.<\/p>\n

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