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Trump administration has riled head of Catholic church over use of theology to justify conflict in Iran

The contrast in experience between the two men disagreeing over war and theology was striking.

On the one side was Pope Leo XIV, the first North American to head the Catholic church and the first cleric from the Augustinian order, who this week visited the modern Algerian city where Saint Augustine once lived. For Leo, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine’s ideas, it was the culmination of a lifelong intellectual interest.

On the other, the US vice-president, JD Vance, a very recent adult convert to Catholicism with no academic background in the history of the church’s thinking.

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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I would love to have a belief that there is no just war but then I just think of WW2

Maybe it's wouldn't be Just, but it's not like there was any other option. You wouldn't be able to talk Hitler out of invading and taking over Europe.

Definitely not the case with Iran though, that was America being the aggressor like Hitler was.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

I suppose you’re thinking of Europe and the Nazis there and not the firebombing of the city of Tokyo, or the nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I’m aware of the usual excuses that these were defensive acts, but seriously, give me a fucking break.

[–] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 4 points 20 hours ago

WW2 wasn't just, but that doesn't mean it's not just to defend yourself or others.

Starting a war is never just. Participating might be just, but it doesn't make the war just.

[–] emmanuelw@jlai.lu 9 points 1 day ago

Sometimes, we need to do something evil to prevent something worse. But that doesn't make the evil thing good, right or just.