White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that it is appropriate to pray for U.S. troops, in response to Pope Leo XIV’s message that God does not listen to the prayers of “those who wage war.”
“We’ve seen presidents, we’ve seen leaders of the Department of War and we’ve seen our troops go to prayer during the most turbulent times in our nation’s history, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with our military leaders or the president calling on the American people to pray for our service members and those who are serving our country overseas,” Ms. Leavitt said at the White House press briefing.
Pope Leo said during his Palm Sunday homily that Jesus “rejects war” and “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.” The pope then quoted scripture where Jesus said, “Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood.”
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