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- U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth led a Pentagon prayer calling for "overwhelming violence" against enemies amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
- Critics, including journalist Scott Horton, condemn the rhetoric as dangerous and manipulative for exploiting religious language to justify war.
- Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa says using God's name for warfare is a grave sin and urges faith leaders to reject the framing.
