The recent preaching from the Pope on War has caused some upset in conservative ranks. and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops felt it necessary to defend the Pope:
“For over a thousand years, the Catholic Church has taught just war theory and it is that long tradition the Holy Father carefully references in his comments on war. A constant tenet of that thousand-year tradition is a nation can only legitimately take up the sword ‘in self-defense, once all peace efforts have failed’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2308). That is, to be a just war it must be a defense against another who actively wages war, which is what the Holy Father actually said: ‘He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.’
“When Pope Leo XIV speaks as supreme pastor of the universal Church, he is not merely offering opinions on theology, he is preaching the Gospel and exercising his ministry as the Vicar of Christ. The consistent teaching of the Church is insistent that all people of good will must pray and work toward lasting peace while avoiding the evils and injustices that accompany all wars.”
My bold.
Quite frankly, the subject of the applied bold should bring to the fore an important point that I have yet to see in my limited reading, and it’s this:
The JCPOA, aka the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, aka the Iran Nuclear deal, was a peace effort that was succeeding. By all disinterested party accounts that I recall, Iran was not building nuclear weapons and was behaving in conformance to the treaty.
All Trump had to do was keep the treaty going and we wouldn’t be dealing with inflation, supply interruptions, and, most importantly, war casualties.
This is what happens when a public servant substitutes their own interests for the national interest. MAGA should be holding him accountable, for this and whatever is in the Epstein Files, rather than shivering in their shoes.
