Nine leading Catholic scholars give their take on what duties just war theory requires of the United States at this stage of its conflict with Iran.
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Podcast: ‘Don’t Take the Bait’: A Roundtable on Trump’s Pope Leo Comments
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” America Editor-in-Chief Fr. Sam Sawyer, SJ, joins Vatican Correspondent Colleen Dulle and Executive Editor Ashley McKinless for a roundtable discussion on the recent comments President Trump and other administration officials have made about Pope Leo, and the pope’s response given en route to his tour of four African countries.
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US cardinals speak out against Iran war, mass deportations in 60 Minutes appearance
Three American cardinals voiced their concerns over the Iran war, mass deportations and more in an interview that aired April 12 on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”
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Trump lambasts Pope Leo: ‘I’m not a fan.’
President Donald Trump delivered an extraordinary broadside against Pope Leo XIV on Sunday night, saying he didn’t think the U.S.-born global leader of the Catholic Church is “doing a very good job” and that “he’s a very liberal person,” after suggesting that the pontiff should “stop catering to the Radical Left.”
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A Prayer for Peace in Iran
Lord Jesus Christ, after your Resurrection, you offered your frightened disciples the gift of peace. Hear our prayers for peace today.
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Pope Leo amplifies criticism of Iran war and says ‘God does not bless any conflict’
Pope Leo XIV amplified his condemnation of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on Friday, saying that “God does not bless any conflict” and certainly doesn’t side with those who drop bombs.
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Trump is showing what a world governed by power alone looks like. It should terrify us.
The Trump administration’s reliance on violence and desire for domination is profoundly un-Christian.
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Pope Leo praises U.S.-Iran ceasefire as ‘sign of genuine hope,’ presses for peace
Pope Leo XIV welcomed the newly announced ceasefire in the Middle East as “a sign of genuine hope” after what he described as “hours of extreme tension,” while urging a return to negotiations and calling the faithful to prayer.
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Pope Leo: Trump’s threat to destroy Iran ‘truly unacceptable’
Speaking in English, Leo called on the citizens of the countries involved “to contact the authorities, political leaders, congressmen—to ask them, tell them, to work for peace and to reject war always.”
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Trump threatened Iran’s ‘whole civilization.’ That’s a war crime—not a just war.
On Tuesday, April 7, President Donald Trump came to the brink of committing a war crime.