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Cardinal McElroy: Iran attacks fails just war criteria
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (398+ words) The Archbishop of Washington said the United States" war with Iran is "not morally legitimate" because it fails several tenets of Catholic just war principles. Responding to questions in The Catholic Standard on 9 March, Cardinal Robert McElroy expressed several concerns…...
War will only destabilise the region further, Middle East experts warn
16+ hour, 16+ min ago (596+ words) A displaced woman holding her baby is seen inside a tent in Sidon, Lebanon, 15 March, 2026. The Lebanese Health Ministry said on Sunday that 2,105 people have been injured and 850 killed by ongoing Israeli attacks since 2 March. The wounds created by the…...
Pope Leo: Iran war threatens disaster across Middle East
1+ week, 1+ day ago (800+ words) Smoke over Tehran following US and Israeli strikes on oil facilities on 8 March Vahid Salemi / Associated Press / Alamy The widening war in the Middle East is "deeply disturbing, Pope Leo said, as Iran attacked targets across the region in response…...
Earth emergency requires renewal of diplomacy, Trócaire's Lent lecture stresses
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1108+ words) Damaged oil wells burning in fields of spilled crude oil during the Gulf War. Karen Foley / Alamy The Church, and all in the Church, have a "prophetic duty" to convince political leaders that war is not only a disaster in…...
‘Preventative war’ claims erode international law, warns Parolin
1+ week, 5+ day ago (697+ words) Coffins of children killed in an airstrike that hit a school on Saturday The Secretary of State of the Holy See questioned the justification of the US and Israeli attack on Iran as a "preventative war. Speaking on Wednesday, Cardinal…...
UK ‘must press for ceasefire’ as humanitarian crises unfold across Middle East
1+ week, 5+ day ago (745+ words) Rescuers arrive after Israeli airstrikes in Sidon, southern Lebanon, 3 March. The humanitarian and international development charity Christian Aid has called on the UK government to "work urgently to press for an immediate ceasefire" in the Middle East, as their partners…...
Prayers for peace to end ‘spiral of violence’ from Operation Epic Fury
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (884+ words) Airstrikes continued to hit Tehran and other Iranian cities on Monday. Mohsen Ganji / Associated Press / Alamy Church leaders across the Middle East prayed for a swift end to the conflict between the US and Israel and Iran that began with…...
Non-violent activism – a long walk in solidarity
2+ week, 5+ day ago (106+ words) Protesters outside the privately run Delaney Hall detention centre in New Jersey Liz Dodd is a Sister of St Joseph of Peace. Her Lent book, Easter in Disguise, is published by Bloomsbury (10.99; Tablet price, 9.89). More to Lent than giving up…...
Pax Christi alarmed by Trump’s ‘pay-to-play’ Board of Peace
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (644+ words) President Donald Trump formally launched the Board of Peace during the World Economic Forum in Davos on 22 January. The Catholic peace movement Pax Christi International expressed "profound concern" about the establishment of US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace". In…...
Holocaust Memorial Day is a sign of the power of togetherness
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (197+ words) The Lost Shtetl Museum At the Lost Shtetl Museum in "eduva, Lithuania, we are committed to telling one of the Holocaust's most devastating yet often overlooked stories: the near-total destruction of Lithuania's Jewish community. The Museum's opening is significant on…...