Pope Leo calls Iran war ‘atrocious’ on Palm Sunday

We are now learning that Pope Leo has said that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have "hands full of blood". The comments come as the Iran war entered its second month. Speaking to the tens of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week before Easter for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, the pontiff condemned the ongoing conflict, calling it "atrocious" and emphasizing that Jesus must not be invoked to justify war.