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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said military leaders and the president urging prayers is \u201ca very noble thing to do,\u201d pushing back after Pope Leo XIV said God rejects prayers of leaders who wage war.<\/p>\n

Leavitt, when asked March 30 by a reporter to respond to the pope\u2019s statement <\/a>that God \u201cdoes not listen to the prayers of those who wage war,\u201d said: \u201cI think our nation was a nation founded, 250 years ago almost, on Judeo-Christian values. And we\u2019ve seen presidents, we\u2019ve seen the leaders of the Department of War, and we\u2019ve seen our troops go to prayer during the most turbulent times in our nation\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything wrong with our military leaders or with the president calling on the American people to pray for our service members and those who are serving our country overseas. In fact, I think it\u2019s a very noble thing to do,\u201d said Leavitt, who is Catholic. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if you talk to many service members, they will tell you they appreciate the prayers and support from the commander in chief and from his cabinet,\u201d Leavitt said.<\/p>\n

The pope, whose father served in the U.S. Navy<\/a> on a D-Day tank landing ship, sharply condemned war in his Palm Sunday homily<\/a> and said God cannot be used to justify war. He did not name specific leaders.<\/p>\n

God \u201cdoes not listen to the prayers of those who wage war,\u201d Pope Leo said during Mass in St. Peter\u2019s Square<\/a>. The pope, who has repeatedly called for a ceasefire to war in the Middle East, presented Christ as the \u201cKing of Peace,\u201d contrasting Jesus\u2019 meekness with the violence surrounding him as he entered into his passion.<\/p>\n

The pope tied the Church\u2019s contemplation of Christ\u2019s passion to the suffering of people in conflicts today, especially Christians in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

The pope recalled: \u201cWhen one of his disciples drew his sword to defend him\u2026 Jesus immediately stopped him, saying: \u2018Put your sword back into its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Leavitt\u2019s response also follows the opening of two lawsuits against the U.S. Departments of Defense and Labor by Americans United for Separation of Church and State<\/a> regarding prayer services organized by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. Hegseth last week invoked Christian language and prayed for \u201coverwhelming violence of action\u201d against U.S. enemies.<\/p>\n

The suits allege that the Christian prayer services abuse taxpayer resources, promote Christian nationalism, violate the separation of church and state, and pressure federal employees to participate.<\/p>\n

U.S. communication with Israel\u00a0 <\/h2>\n

During the press briefing, Leavitt also confirmed that the U.S. communicated with Israel after Israeli police prevented <\/a>Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and Father Francesco lelpo, custos of the Holy Land, from enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did speak with Secretary [Marco] Rubio this morning and we did express our concerns with Israel with respect to these holy sites being shut down,\u201d Leavitt said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want worshipers to be able to access these holy sites,\u201d she said. \u201cOf course, safety is a top priority, but we understand Israel is working on those security measures, to reopen the sites throughout Holy Week, and that\u2019s something that we\u2019re appreciative of,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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