Why Just War Theory Always Matters
The claim that ‘there is no just thing as a just war’ is dangerous nonsense.
The claim that ‘there is no just thing as a just war’ is dangerous nonsense.
This is not the first time the Israeli embassy to the Holy See, led by outgoing ambassador Raphael Schutz, has criticized Catholic leaders’ statements on the war.
“Legitimate defense can be not only a right but a grave duty for one who is responsible for the lives of others. … For this reason, those who legitimately hold authority also have the right to use arms to repel aggressors against the civil community entrusted to their responsibility.” (CCC 2265)
EDITORIAL: The human cost of potential hostilities cannot be measured.
As the tensions deepen, moral theologians explain the well-established part of Church teaching and thought.
On Tuesday the U.S. embassy in Baghdad was stormed by a crowd of thousands of protesters and Iran’s head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, Qasem Suleimani was alleged to have been behind the attacks.
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