Crucifix-Wearing WH Spokesperson Clashes with Pope Over Trump War Warnings
TL;DR
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, a cradle Catholic, pushes back at Pope Leo XIV’s Palm Sunday rebuke of Trump’s Iran operation, arguing it’s noble to pray for service members while defending U.S. leadership amid a escalating Middle East conflict.
- ‘Catholic’ Karoline Cornered on Pope’s Holy Warning to Trump The Daily Beast
- Pope seems to rebuke Hegseth in remarks about leaders with ‘hands full of blood’ The Guardian
- Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars Reuters
- Pope at Palm Sunday Mass: ‘Jesus does not listen to prayers of those who wage war’ Vatican News
- Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message NPR
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