Pope Blessed Urban II (1088–1099) called for the First Crusade in 1095 during the Council of Clermont, urging Western Christians to combine military action with prayer to liberate the Holy Land. He encouraged knights to stop internal fighting and instead aid Byzantine Emperor Alexios I against the Seljuk Turks.
On November 27, 1095, at the Council of Clermont (France), Urban II delivered a speech calling for a holy war to reclaim Jerusalem.
His call, often framed as a divine summons and pilgrimage, spurred the crowd to shout "Deus vult" ("God wills it").
Urban promised the remission of sins (penance) for those who went, linking the military campaign directly to spiritual salvation.
The primary aim was to answer a request from the East for aid against the Turks, protect Christians, and regain control of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
But Leo XIV insists that, "(Jesus) does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: 'Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood'."
Sacred Scripture assures us that, "The LORD is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous." (Proverbs 15:29). And Pope Urban II has been called "Blessed" by the Church.
But when a left wing ideologue wants to bash a conservative American President, facts can be most inconvenient.
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