Can Wars Still Be Just? Pope Leo XIV Addresses the Issue in ‘Magnifica Humanitas’
The destructive power of modern weaponry and dubious claims to justification mean just war theory, which includes legitimate self-defense, must be reexamined.
Results from Tag: 'just war'
Just War 101: Catholic Teaching for a Dangerous Moment
The moral weight of war falls on human beings precisely because humans bear moral responsibility, and this is as it should be.
Views Vary Among Prominent US Catholic Clergy on ‘Just-War’ Pronouncements
One of the U.S. Church’s most prominent public figures contends that it’s not the role of the Church’s leaders to make a final determination about whether a particular war is just or not.
Does Pope Leo Reject Just-War Teaching? Theologians Push Back on Criticism of Pontiff
Pope Leo’s insistence that war offends God should be understood as a prohibition against all but legitimate defensive actions, a view that is consistent with the pleas for peace issued by recent popes such as Francis, Benedict XVI and St. John Paul II.
Catholic Theologians Explain Why War Is a ‘Matter of Morality’ After Vance Comments On Pope Leo XIV
The comments come as Leo calls for peace and Church officials question the justification of the war on the basis of just war doctrine.
Archbishop Broglio: War Should Always Be ‘a Last Resort’
U.S. military services shepherd said it was ‘hard’ to see how the ongoing war with Iran could be justified.
White House Defends Praying for U.S. Troops After Pope Condemns Using Prayers to Justify War
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said there is nothing wrong with the president and military leaders 'calling on the American people to pray for our service members.'
Military Archbishop Broglio: Chaplain Mission of Spiritual Ministry Being Restored by Defense Department
Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, discussed the role of military chaplains, the restoration of chapel contracts, and just-war doctrine.
Just Wars and Unjust Regimes
COMMENTARY: What will be the Trump administration’s response to the regimes of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba?
What Have We Learned in the 80 Years Since V-J Day?
COMMENTARY: On the 80th anniversary of the Allies’ victory over Japan in World War II, it is essential that we look at our moral failures and vices as well as our victories and virtues.
