{"id":81920,"date":"2026-04-02T08:51:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81920"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:51:21","slug":"pope-set-to-rail-against-iranian-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/pope-set-to-rail-against-iranian-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Set To Rail Against Iranian War?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the London Times:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/imageserver\/image\/5a41dc3c-3528-404d-a701-822d6396f0a1.jpg?strip=all&amp;format=webp&amp;resize=2360\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV waves during his weekly General Audience at St. Peter's Square.\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"09bab3e1-2636-480e-81cb-3c8a657d853c\">The Pope\u2019s sessions in the gym will pay off on Good Friday, when he will carry a large wooden cross around the Colosseum. Leo, 70, will carry it throughout all 14 Stations of the Cross at the ancient Roman arena, symbolizing Jesus\u2019s last hours before his crucifixion. This Easter, the pontiff is expected to not only flex his muscles but also his political clout. On Easter Sunday, when the American Pope will deliver the traditional Urbi et Orbi address at St Peter\u2019s Square, he is likely to give full vent to his opposition to the Iran war.<\/p>\n<p id=\"19f110fd-8b5f-485c-9760-366f63fc8d42\">His remarks could exacerbate tensions with the White House on the most important day in the Catholic calendar, and antagonize conservative American Catholics.<\/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=\"1775119881\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Pope Set To Rail Against Iranian War?\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the London Times: The Pope\u2019s sessions in the gym will pay off on Good Friday, when he will carry.<\/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-81920","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\/81920","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=81920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}