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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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[–] Stern@lemmy.world 2 points 29 minutes ago

Does he think that if he can arrange a meeting and debate with this one he'll die too?

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz -4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

I still don't get why Pakistan/China/russia/India nearby are so chill with Iran having nukes if they really were going towards that...

[–] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 3 points 42 minutes ago (1 children)

People nowadays really don't read enough to understand the world

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 1 points 19 minutes ago

Just nowadays?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Tell us you don’t understand modern geopolitics without telling us you don’t understand modern geopolitics

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 1 points 19 minutes ago

Well, they did say they don't get it.