[Trending News] US Secretary of State comes with ash cross on his forehead during an interview

The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, came on Wednesday in an interview at Fox News with a cross cross on his forehead, a sign imposed on Christians during the celebrations of Ash Wednesday, which was celebrated Wednesday by the Catholic Church.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, the 40-day period before Easter Sunday. It is, for Catholics, a period of penance and preparation for Easter celebrations, the highlight of the liturgical year, in which the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated.

During Masses held on Ash Wednesday, the rite of the ashes is held on the head of the faithful, in which a priest puts a small amount of ashes on the top of the faithful head or inscribes a cross on his forehead.

Ashes (traditionally produced from the burning of branches used on Sunday of the previous year) are a symbol of death, used by Catholics to remember their own human mortality and to prepare for the Easter feast, which marks resurrection and faith in eternal life.

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Marco Rubio, who is Catholic and has been using his faith in political combat, chose to emerge with this symbol on his forehead during an interview with Fox News television station this Wednesday-and in which he talked about Ukraine and the situation in the Gaza Strip. Rubio seconded the Russian narrative, classifying the conflict in Ukraine as a “war by power of power of attorney.” And he argued that Kiev must be at the negotiation table with Russia.

[António Raminhos, Luís Filipe Borges e Marco Horácio são três “Homens de Uma Certa Idade” a discutir a vida “de forma sincera”. Ouça aqui o novo episódio, que também está disponível na Apple Podcasts, no Spotify e no Youtube Music.]

Regarding the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the US Secretary of State warned that Trump “lost patience” with “The Games” of the Islamic terrorist group, reaffirming the warnings made by the US President in case Hamas does not release the hostages he still keeps in captivity.

In the US government, led by Donald Trump, there is yet another relief figure that belongs to the Catholic Church-the vice president, JD Vance, who often uses the Catholic faith in defense of his political ideas. Recently did so by citing Catholic theology to justify the deportation of mass immigrants; After that, Pope Francis wrote a letter to the American bishops to ask them to combat the narrative that illegal immigrants are seen as criminals, expressly stating that this view is contrary to the Christian faith.