What is war? When can going to war be an act of love? And when does refusal to go to war constitute a sin, if ever?
Randall FowlerJune 25, 2026
Despite Pope Leo’s words in Magnifica Humanitas, just war theory will remain necessary so long as human beings are sinful, tyrants exist, and evil regimes oppress their own people while threatening the international order
J. Daryl CharlesJune 5, 2026
Objections to the Iran war that hinge on the absence of an immediate and certain threat overlook that the Islamic Republic has, through decades of proxy warfare and its pursuit of nuclear weapons, consistently sought to kill Americans and destabilize the Middle East
Michael LuccheseApril 28, 2026
Contra Fr. Gerald Murray’s recent article in The Free Press, neither Iran’s potential acquisition of nuclear weapons nor its past proxy warfare justifies a full-scale war today.
Henry LongApril 23, 2026
The cleansing of the temple reveals the character of our Messiah and is a model for those who would follow him.
Marc LiVeccheMarch 30, 2026
Despite Pope Leo’s recent condemnation of those who “wage war,” the U.S.–Israeli campaign against Iran is fully in keeping with the Roman Catholic Church’s official doctrine of just war.
Shannon Walsh & Sean Patrick CalabriaMarch 30, 2026
While the Vatican’s calls for peace in the Middle East are understandable, its failure to articulate the moral asymmetry between Iran, China, and Russia on one hand and the U.S., Ukraine, and Israel on the other is deeply disappointing
J. Daryl CharlesMarch 24, 2026
While Iran’s theocratic regime should be overturned, will Operation Epic Fury ultimately bring this goal closer to fruition or exhaust the patience of the American electorate with wars in the Middle East?
Mark Tooley & Robert Nicholson & Marc LiVecche & Robert JoustraMarch 19, 2026
Since its founding, the Islamic Republic of Iran has spent decades attacking the United States and its ally Israel. Trump’s strikes on Iran are therefore justified under the jus ad bellum criteria of just war theory.
Gregory MooreMarch 6, 2026
