Overview
- Preaching at Munich's Liebfrauendom, Marx called prayers for bullets to hit their targets "shameless blasphemy."
- He referred to reports that U.S. defense chief Pete Hegseth prayed for every shot in a war with Iran to find its mark.
- He also rebuked Moscow Patriarch Kirill for casting Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a "holy war."
- Marx urged believers to keep working for peace, solidarity, and a fairer society despite today's tense politics.
- The message echoed Pope Leo XIV's Palm Sunday reminder that God is not a tool to justify war.