The morality of warfare has been in the news recently. This occurs every so often, usually when the United States launches a dubious military action (like the one against Iran) and someone in the administration (like JD Vance) claims the support…
Speaker Johnson joins Trump and Vance in warning to Pope Leo
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has joined President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in telling Pope Leo to stay out of U.S. politics. Johnson, a Southern Baptist who is a Christian nationalist — believing America is a…
A Catholic vice president shouldn’t bless war crimes
Officials in the Trump administration are facing intense scrutiny this week after it was revealed that National Security Adviser Michael Waltz accidentally included Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, in a group chat on the Signal encrypted messaging app. The…
Landmark Vatican conference rejects just war theory, asks for encyclical on nonviolence
Participants say church teachings have too long been used to justify violent conflicts.
Violence and the cross
Challenging the notion that some violent responses to violence are justified often seems to cause people to respond with greater vehemence than if their most deeply-cherished convictions about the nature of God had been questioned. I suspect there are two…