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On Palm Sunday, pope says God rejects the prayers of leaders who wage wars
Pope Leo says that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have “hands full of blood,” in unusually forceful remarks as the Iran war entered its second month. Addressing tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, the celebration that opens the holiest week of the year in the lead-up to Easter for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, the pontiff says that Jesus cannot be used to justify any wars. “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,” Leo, the first US pope, tells crowds in brilliant sunshine.
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Rev. Franklin Graham Tells Trump His 'Soul Is Secure' After He Fundraised for Help Getting to Heaven
Donald Trump says he's received assurance that he's going to heaven, and he's sharing the evidence to go with it.
To mark Palm Sunday — a Christian holy day that takes place a week before Easter — on March 29, the 79-year-old president shared a letter on Truth Social that he received from longtime ally Franklin Graham, the son of the late Evangelical pastor Billy Graham.
Dated Oct. 15, 2025, the letter was written after Trump helped to broker a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. It referenced previous remarks that the Republican leader made expressing concerns that he might go to hell after he dies.