Martin RenkemaMar 29
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In his Palm Sunday homily, Pope Leo XIV declares that Jesus, as the King of Peace, “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.” https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-03/pope-leo-xiv-celebrates-palm-sunday-mass-rome.html
Pope at Palm Sunday Mass: ‘Jesus does not listen to prayers of those who wage war’

Pope Leo XIV presides at Mass on Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, and reflects on Jesus as the King of Peace who rejects war and refuses to listen to the prayers of those who wage war.

Vatican News
Mar 29 at 3:11pmWeb
Show threadDarwin WoodkaMar 29

@newsguyusa

Now who would that be for

Show threadpedestrian cyclistMar 29
@newsguyusa Jesus is badass!
Show threadlankohrMar 29
@newsguyusa What? The guy that said "you shall treat others the way you want to be treated" wasn't a fan of war - or crusades?
Show threadMichaelMar 29
@newsguyusa Cue Trump's Truth Social post decrying Catholicism in five, four, three, two…
Show threadRickd6Mar 29
@newsguyusa hopefully the Catholics in the USA listen to Pope Leo and start rejecting the actions of the current government. Interesting how being pro life has big support for fetuses but doesn’t hold up well for the living.
Show threadSusiMar 29
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"Vast majorities of both Catholic Democrats (89%) and Republicans (84%) view Leo favorably.”
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/09/12/more-than-8-in-10-u-s-catholics-view-pope-leo-favorably/
Pope Leo viewed favorably by most US Catholics early in his papacy

U.S. Catholics are still getting to know Pope Leo XIV. But they like what they’ve seen so far, according to our recent survey.

Pew Research Center
Show thread𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙Mar 29

@Rickd6 @newsguyusa

That's long been the flaw in their thinking.

Show threadGeorge Liquor, AmericanMar 29
@newsguyusa Zappa's "Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk" still applies, just different characters now
Show threadEnema CowboyMar 29
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https://youtu.be/0yq-Fw7C26Y?si=GAAPL54ZLbmh45bN
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Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - "Oh Well", Live@ Music Mash 1969

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Show threadRandall LeeMar 29
@liquor_american @newsguyusa yep. Zappa was confronting and mocking the christofascists and other religious zealots in the 1980s.
Show threadGeorge Liquor, AmericanMar 29
@newsguyusa remarkable, btw, that it's a literal pope playing the role of Zappa in this reboot
Show threadAlexanderVIMar 29
@newsguyusa [Vance fuming]
Show threadToni AittoniemiMar 29
@newsguyusa Pope Leo slaying! 👏
Show threadSepia FanMar 29

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He is citing "1The vision of #Isaiah …, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem…

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15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil:

17learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."

An angry text.

https://bibeltext.com/erv/isaiah/1.htm

Isaiah 1 ERV

Show threadDavid PeningtonMar 29
@newsguyusa It's more complicated than that. Defence can be ok.
Luke 3:14
Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay"
Luke 22:35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?”
“Nothing,” they answered.
36 He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
Defenders of Ukraine can be OK with God. Invaders seeking wealth & power, terrorists, & war mongers are not.
OTOH, good to hear the pope indirectly condemn over 500 years of popes.