Pope says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars

Pope Leo has said God ignores the prayers of leaders who wage war and have ‘hands full of blood’, in an apparent rebuke to the Trump administration. The pontiff made the comments during a Palm Sunday mass in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican as thousands of US troops arrived in the Middle East and days after the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, prayed for ‘overwhelming violence’ against enemies who deserved ‘no mercy’

Pope seems to rebuke Trump in remarks about leaders with ‘hands full of blood’