From Augustine to Auschwitz: Why Just War Still Matters
Responding to Pope Leo’s encyclical, patristics scholar Professor John Rist argues that history, from Rome’s fall to the Second World War, shows the necessity of moral clarity in war.
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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.
At Washington Mass for Peace, Cardinal McElroy Condemns Iran War as Immoral
The liturgy was part of a global response to Pope Leo XIV’s appeal to pray amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Two Years In, Why I’m Not Optimistic About Putin’s War on Ukraine
COMMENTARY: The situation remains grave. Pope Francis certainly understands that.
As John Paul II Taught Us, Opposition to War Is a Pro-Life Principle
COMMENTARY: With war again rampant, what lessons should we draw from the pro-life Pope’s unflinching opposition to the Iraq War 20 years ago?
Contradiction or Coherence? What to Make of Pope Francis’ Statements Regarding Just War, Self-Defense and Ukraine
While some suggest that the Pope’s messaging is internally conflicted, others argue that the Holy Father’s statements both illuminate and are illumined by his broader teaching on war.
Noncombatant Immunity and the Death of Innocents
COMMENTARY: War is always a defeat for humanity. All of us are called to be peacemakers.
What Makes a Just War Just?
The Church’s Just War Doctrine describes four conditions for a legitimate defense by military force.
US Strike on Syria Renews Just-War Debate
Catholic leaders and scholars, in the United States and in the Middle East, differ about whether the military action was warranted.
