Pope Leo says Christians who start wars should go to confession - Reuters

"Christians who start wars should go to confession."

— Pope Leo , Activist

"Do those Christians who bear grave responsibility in armed conflicts have the humility and courage to make a serious examination of conscience and to go to confession?"

— Pope Leo , Activist

"the criterion of just cause is not met because our country was not responding to an existing or imminent and objectively verifiable attack by Iran."

— Robert McElroy , Other

"You cannot satisfy the just war tradition’s criterion of right intention if you do not have a clear intention."

— Robert McElroy , Other

"our current war effort does not meet Catholic just war teaching because it is far from clear that the benefits of this war will outweigh the harm which will be done."

— Robert McElroy , Other