Top US military archbishop says Iran war fails Catholic church’s moral standard: Report

The Catholic archbishop responsible for all US military personnel declared that America’s war with Iran fails the church’s moral criteria for a just conflict, according to a new interview, Anadolu reports. Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who leads the archdiocese for the military services and oversees every Catholic chaplain in the US armed forces, made the remarks to CBS News in an interview set to air on April 5, Easter Sunday, one of the holiest days for Catholics and Western Christian denominations. In excerpts from the interviews, asked directly whether the conflict is justified, Broglio said, “Under just war theory, no,” arguing that the war targets a potential nuclear threat rather than an actual one. Arguing for the need for war, US […]