Leo XIV condemned religious justification for conflict during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square as the US-Israeli war in Iran and the Russian invasion of Ukraine continue.The pontiff asserted that God rejects the prayers of those with blood on their hands while criticizing the preventing of Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.Returning to traditional Holy Week customs, Leo will perform the foot-washing ceremony at the Basilica of St. John Lateran before presiding over the Easter Sunday liturgies.