In his sermon, Pope Leo XIV, who is himself American, said, among other things, that God shows how to give life, not how to destroy life, and that the message is often distorted, The New York Times reports.
The desire for dominance often distorts the Christian mission into something completely foreign to the path of Jesus Christ, the Pope said.
Hegseth has repeatedly expressed that there is a “divine purpose” to the war in Iran and has urged Americans to pray “every day, on bent knees, with your family, in your schools, in your churches,” and “in the name of Jesus Christ.”
