Pope Said God Isnt Listening to Prayers, Fact Checked

"This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war," Leo said during Mass in St. Peter's Square. "He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them."

The Pope said, “God refuses the prayers of leaders who have hands full of blood.” His remarks were seen as a sharp condemnation of Hegseth and a variety of other U.S. lawmakers and Christian nationalist leaders who use religious invocations ...

“God does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war. He rejects them.” When the Pope issues a direct condemnation of a sitting U.S. Defense Secretary, we aren’t just talking about policy failure — we’re talking moral apocalypse.

As the Iran War continues, CBS’s Stephen Colbert hyped the idea on Tuesday that God is not listening to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Late Show host made his remarks while referencing recent comments from Pope Leo, but the historical and scriptural justification for their condemnation ...

The - for - the cartoon memes that have been released by the White House and the Pentagon, included with videos of destruction of targets in Iran, presumably killing people alongside video game memes, the brazen political jabs in the middle of war briefings, which I don't ever recall seeing in the past 25 years of these sort of briefings, and Hegseth also always says a prayer, like he did this morning. ... PETE HEGSETH: May his Almighty and eternal arms of providence stretch over them and protect them and bring them peace, in the name of Jesus Christ.

The - for - the cartoon memes that have been released by the White House and the Pentagon, included with videos of destruction of targets in Iran, presumably killing people alongside video game memes, the brazen political jabs in the middle of war briefings, which I don't ever recall seeing in the past 25 years of these sort of briefings, and Hegseth also always says a prayer, like he did this morning. ... PETE HEGSETH: May his Almighty and eternal arms of providence stretch over them and protect them and bring them peace, in the name of Jesus Christ.

The message was as clear as modern popes get, especially in their Palm Sunday mass. “Brothers and sisters, this is our God,” Leo XIV told the faithful in St. Peter’s Square: “Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers ...

He said: “This is our God, Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war.” · Pope Leo continued that Jesus “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying, ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.’” · Sarah, what do you make of that? Does that give Hegseth a moment’s pause?

Toward the end of Monday’s briefing, a reporter reminded White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt that Pope Leo XIV, in remarks delivered on Palm Sunday, said God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.” Citing a Bible ...