Maybe Pope Leo XIV was engaging in some kind of Jedi mind trick to get people to read the Bible for themselves when he claimed Jesus Christ opposes all wars.

But assuming he was not, his overarchingpacifist statements, apparently primarily directed at the United States and Israel’s war against Iran, do not comport with Scripture, whether the Old or New Testament.

One of the Pope’s missives came on Palm Sunday at the end of last month, when he posted on social media, “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood.’”

He added in that same series of posts, “King of Peace. He did not arm himself, or defend himself, or fight any war. He revealed the gentle face of God, who always rejects violence. Rather than saving himself, he allowed himself to be nailed to the cross, embracing every cross borne in every time and place throughout human history.”

This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: “Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood” (Is 1:15).

— Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex)March 29, 2026

ThePopedoubled down in another post earlier this month, writing, “God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.”

God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of#Peace, which comes only from the patient…

— Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex)April 10, 2026

President Donald Trumprespondedto these sentiments with some of his own on Truth Social, including, “Will someone please tell Pope Leo that Iran has killed at least 42,000 innocent, completely unarmed, protesters in the last two months, and that for Iran to have a Nuclear Bomb is absolutely unacceptable.”

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