Tag: Just War
George Weigel: The peace we can make
George Weigel reflects on the Catholic understanding of peace as “the tranquillity of order,” arguing that real-world peace is built through justice, law, politics, and moral responsibility rather than wishful thinking.
What the Wall Street Journal didn’t print
On 21 March, the Wall Street Journal published a lengthy profile of the pope as its “Saturday Essay.” The subtitle – “Pope Leo XIV pushes back against President Trump. Can the pontiff from Chicago make a difference in an era of power politics?” – gave the game away from the git-go: the pope is to be understood as the over-against of the president, with Leo’s statements and actions filtered through that primarily political analytic prism.
When religion is invoked to bless war, something has gone wrong
With the wisdom of centuries behind him, Pope Leo is proposing humane guidelines for achieving a just outcome.
Ukrainian human rights advocate calls for synod on ‘just defense’
Myroslav Marynovych, a human rights advocate from Ukraine and a former Soviet political prisoner, said the conflict in Ukraine demonstrates "the insufficiency" of current discussions about "just war and just peace and just defense."
