"Pope Leo XIV stepped into the international political arena at evening prayers in St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Saturday, saying prayer for peace is 'a bulwark against that delusion of omnipotence that surrounds us and is becoming increasingly unpredictable and aggressive.'”
~ Edward Helmore
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/pope-leo-us-israel-iran-war
"The first US-born pope said: 'Even the holy Name of God, the God of life, is being dragged into discourses of death.'
Addressing world leaders who decide to go to war, Leo said: 'To them we cry out: stop! It is time for peace! Sit at the table of dialogue and mediation – not at the table where rearmament is planned and deadly actions are decided.'"
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'Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life,' he added.
While the pope did not explicitly mention the US-Israeli war with Iran, or name any single country or president, his words will be read as his strongest condemnation yet of a conflict the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth has cast as a sacred struggle."
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John Casey notes thatright-wing US Catholics have prayed for an American pope. But now that their prayers have been answered, they’re not at all sure they like what they’ve gotten.
"What makes this clash so jarring is not a single Christian narrative, but a struggle between radically different ones."
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-real-holy-war-is-waging-between-trump-and-the-pope/
"The Trump administration has wrapped its military bombardment in the language of holy destiny, with 'Secretary of War' Pete Hegseth offering a horrendous Pentagon prayer for 'overwhelming violence' against those who 'deserve no mercy,' a stark departure from Christian traditions that are centered on mercy, justice, and peace."
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"The central question of public theology is always what God requires of us, no matter who is in charge. Throughout history clergy have been accused of being 'too political' in times and places where political leaders did not want to have to deal with the challenge our moral traditions offer."
~ William J Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
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https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/the-public-theology-we-need-now
"They will go down as three of the most reckless and defining days in the history of the U.S. presidency, an anti-Triduum that began on Easter Sunday morning. Announcing to the world that we were willing to annihilate a civilization, Donald Trump led our descent into corporate evil."
~ National Catholic Reporter
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"Those three days were perhaps the most vivid reality check Americans have yet received regarding the danger inherent in having elected such a broken, needy and amoral individual to the highest office in the land.
That three-day period was singular in the danger it posed and in the inherent betrayal of U.S. ideals it represented."
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"Seen in a larger perspective, however, those days and words represent an unsurprising result of forces intent not only on hollowing out U.S. democracy but also infusing a Christian Nationalism into the bloodstream of U.S. culture."
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"The U.S. hierarchy and the church at large are being drawn by dint of this administration's extreme violations of human dignity and assaults on the rule of law into a different relationship with the state than has been the case in recent history. It is a relationship no longer partisan but rather one of witness to a God of limitless love and compassion."
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"'The power with which Christ rose is entirely nonviolent,' Pope Leo said in his Easter message. 'This is the true strength that brings peace to humanity, because it fosters respectful relationships at every level: among individuals, families, social groups, and nations.'
We are being summoned by circumstance and faith to a new moment and a new space in the public square."
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"Will we be complicit in genocidal threats against other cultures? Will we be quiet in the face of cruelty against our immigrant neighbors?
Whether we are defined by Trump's anti-Triduum or by gross distortions of the nonviolent Christ is up to us. We can resist."
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seems not the east Mediterranean sovereign state's chosen religion?
My first photo-journalistic job as a stringer was a 1967 war, images taken around parLIARment square London for a press agency showing shock at another Israel war or early genocide attacks! Not much has changed!
William Lindsey 
🟥 Eveline Sulman 🇳🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦
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Return of Aadmaa
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Pablo Martini (Geezer)