The best argument against just war theory’s continuing place in Catholic teaching may not be that it is necessarily wrong in theory, but that it misunderstands the realities of war and peace today.
David Carroll Cochran
David Carroll Cochran is a professor of politics, the director of the Archbishop Kucera Center and the co-director of the peace and justice minor at Loras College, in Dubuque, Iowa.
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Catholics looking to get into soccer? Look no further than Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C. is the most Catholic team in the most Catholic sport.
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On Killing Soldiers: Was it legitimate to shoot at Joseph Ratzinger during World War II?
At age 16, Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was drafted into Hitler’s military. He was assigned to an anti-aircraft unit outside of Munich that targeted Allied bombers, a job Ratzinger described as bringing “many an unpleasantness, particularly for so nonmilitary a person
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Civic Conscience
Jason Brennan argues that if citizens vote, they have an obligation to do it well.
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Identity Crisis: New voter ID laws subvert democracy and Catholic teaching.
New voter ID laws subvert democracy and Catholic teaching.