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Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message

Pope Leo XIV rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square.

Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message
Image: NPR World

Pope Leo XIV rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square.

(Image credit: Remo Casilli)

Originally published at NPR World

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