{"id":81797,"date":"2026-03-29T08:20:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81797"},"modified":"2026-03-29T08:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:20:33","slug":"pope-says-god-does-not-hear-prayers-of-those-who-wage-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/pope-says-god-does-not-hear-prayers-of-those-who-wage-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Says God Does Not Hear Prayers Of Those Who Wage War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/9fceac7\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2186x1457+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F09%2F8e%2Fde433ca31e3b8c183278e42b90de%2F5791cfc757134561b264490c6635ba2d\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV caresses a child after presiding over Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on the Catholic feast of Palm Sunday, commemorating Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo\/Alessandra Tarantino)\" width=\"285\" height=\"190\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/iran-war-israel-trump-03-29-2026\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">war<\/a><\/span> and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter\u2019s Square.\u00a0With the\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/middle-east\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">U.S.-Israeli war<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on Iran entering its second month and Russia\u2019s ongoing\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">campaign in Ukraine<\/a><\/span>, Leo dedicated his Palm Sunday homily to insist that God is the \u201cking of peace\u201d who rejects violence and comforts those who are oppressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,\u201d Leo said. \u201cHe does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1774772433\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Pope Says God Does Not Hear Prayers Of Those Who Wage War\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies\u00a0war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}