Best words from a pope in 15+ years?

Pope Leo XIV in Monaco tired of Jewish forever wars and child killing?

Maybe I am over-reacting in anticipation of the most meaningful week of the year, but these paragraphs from Pope Leo XIV strike me as the first sign of hope to emerge from the Vatican since the light was dimmed when dear Pope Benedict XVI was cowed by the wolves. In case the screenshot is too small to read, I will paste the paragraphs below.

Pray for everything this Holy Week.

Full homily posted on the Vatican website here: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/homilies/2026/documents/20260328-principato-dimonaco-messa.html

HOMILY OF POPE LEO XIV

Louis II Stadium
Saturday, 28 March 2026

[Monaco]

Dear brothers and sisters,

The Gospel we have heard (cf. Jn 11:45–57) recounts the cruel sentence issued against Jesus; it tells us of the day when the members of the Sanhedrin “planned to put him to death” (v. 53). Why does this happen to him? It is because he raised Lazarus from the dead, restoring life to his friend, at whose tomb he had wept, sharing in the grief of Martha and Mary. Jesus, who came into the world to free us from the condemnation of death, is himself condemned to death. This is not a matter of fate, but a deliberate and carefully considered decision.

The verdict of Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin stemmed from a political calculation based on fear: if Jesus continued to inspire hope and turn the people’s sorrow into joy, “the Romans would come” and devastate the nation (v. 48). Rather than recognizing the Nazarene as the Messiah — the long-awaited Christ — the religious leaders saw him as a threat. As teachers of the Law, their vision was so distorted that they violated the precepts of the Law themselves. Forgetting God’s promise to his people, they sought to kill the innocent, and behind their fear lay a desire to keep hold of power. Although they had forgotten the Law, which commands, “Thou shalt not kill,” God did not forget the promise that would prepare the world for salvation. His providence turned that murderous verdict into the means of revealing an act of supreme love: however wicked Caiaphas may have been, he “prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation” (v. 51).

We are thus witnesses to two opposing forces: on the one hand, the revelation of God, who presents himself as the almighty Lord and Savior; and on the other, the hidden schemes of powerful authorities who are eager to kill without scruples. Does this not also happen today? Where these forces converge, there lies the sign of Jesus: the giving of one’s life. This sign is foreshadowed in the resurrection of Lazarus, which is the closest prophecy of the events that would later unfold in the passion, death and resurrection of Christ. At Passover, the Son would fulfil the Father’s work through the power of the Holy Spirit…

Homily not without problems:

After that magnificent opening, Pope Leo’s homily continues with problems.

“Just as God brought life into being from nothing at the beginning of time, so in the fullness of time he redeems every life from death, the source of destruction in creation. [Comment: Every human is offered redemption but not everyone accepts. Many refuse and go to eternal death. The source of destruction in creation is not death but sin.]”

“The joy and the strength of our witness come from redemption, in every place and at every time. Indeed, our own stories are encompassed within Jesus’ story, beginning with the lives of the vulnerable and oppressed. Even today, how many plots are devised around the world to kill the innocent! How many excuses are made to justify their elimination! Yet, despite the persistence of evil, God’s eternal justice always rescues us from our graves, as it did with Lazarus, and gives us new life… [continues]” [Comment: Not “always”. Many reject Jesus and thus do not receive new life with the Blessed Trinity but inherit hell.]

Well, it was a promising start. Perhaps Pope Leo is as tired as every sane man of the demonic wars and slaughter and child-murdering abortion which are consuming the Jew-led world? Never since Vatican II (so far as I know) has a pope been willing to say that Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin violated God’s Law, including the Law of Moses, in murdering Jesus. And Pope Leo said their reason for killing was because Jesus restored life. And he invited us to see that the same is happening today.

Pope Leo adds:

“Idolatry makes people slaves of each other, but purification from idolatry sanctifies them. It is a gift of grace that makes people children of God, and brothers and sisters to one another. This gift sheds light on our present, for the wars that stain it with blood are the fruit of the idolatry of power and money.”

Kyrie eleison. Blessed Holy Week.