<![CDATA[#Hegseth Says #US #Troops Are Fighting for #Jesus.]]> Says Are Fighting for . The Disagrees.

In sharp contrast to the administration’s calls for prayers for the effort, XIV says domination is “entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.”


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/world/middleeast/pope-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0f46384d-7581-4997-a447-a8b697719a7d/hegseth-says-us-troops-are-fighting-for-jesus.RSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 07:37:59 GMTFri, 03 Apr 2026 21:40:25 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #Hegseth Says #US #Troops Are Fighting for #Jesus. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:30:24 GMT]]>@Nonilex a powerful reminder that true strength lies in liberation and giving life, not in domination.

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Most of us disagree.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RVLara23/statuses/116343108995169554https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RVLara23/statuses/116343108995169554Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:22:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Hegseth Says #US #Troops Are Fighting for #Jesus. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:50:10 GMT]]>But without naming , has also pointed out the ways in which has been marshaled for purposes that the pope says do not align with Catholic teaching.

“We tend to consider ourselves powerful when we dominate, victorious when we destroy our equals, great when we are feared,” the pope said in the homily…. “God has given us an example — not of how to dominate, but of how to liberate; not of how to destroy life, but of how to give it.”

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/ShiitakeToast/statuses/116342980991855483https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/ShiitakeToast/statuses/116342980991855483Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:50:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Hegseth Says #US #Troops Are Fighting for #Jesus. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:48:58 GMT]]>@Nonilex “Kill them all — God will know his own.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caedite_eos._Novit_enim_Dominus_qui_sunt_eius.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116342976563980797https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116342976563980797Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:48:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Hegseth Says #US #Troops Are Fighting for #Jesus. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:46:05 GMT]]>In a homily during a Mass on Thursday morning before , said that the mission has often been “distorted by a desire for domination, entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.”

Since the & began bombing in late February, the pope has consistently called for an end to the violence & a return to dialogue to resolve the conflict.

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Holy Chrism Mass in the Vatican Basilica

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