More than 495 Christian leaders, from Washington to Hollywood, will gather for a live event this week to read the Bible aloud from cover to cover.

“America Reads the Bible” will be held in Washington, DC, at the Museum of the Bible, where participants will read from Genesis through Revelation from April 19 to 25 to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary.

The event, which launched its opening ceremony on April 18, will also be livestreamed for free on Great American Pure Flix.

National leaders from Congress to the White House will read at the event, along with actors, directors and Christian faith leaders.

President Donald Trump is slated to read 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 from the Oval Office for the event.

From his administration, six cabinet-level members – including White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio – are also on the schedule.

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The Pope has denied his comments that the world is 'being ravaged by tyrants' were a criticism of Donald Trump amid an ongoing feud between the two leaders.

Pope Leo XIV made the unusually forceful remarks during a trip to Cameroon on Thursday after the US President launched a tirade against him over his repeated criticism of the war in Iran.

Leo, the first American pope, also decried leaders who use religious language to justify wars and urged a 'decisive change of course'.

However, he said today he regrets his 'tyrant' remarks were interpreted as a response to criticism from Trump, insisting he has no interest in debating the US leader.

The Pontiff, 70, claimed they had been written well before Trump's 'comment on myself and on the message of peace that I am promoting'.

'And yet it was perceived as if I were trying to start a new debate with the president, which doesn't interest me at all,' Leo said.

'Much of what has been written since then has been more commentary on commentary trying to interpret what has been said,' he said.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15744739/Pope-Leo-tyrant-remarks-not-aimed-Donald-Trump.html

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