War | Catholic Moral Theology

Killer Robots: The Future Is Here

by Emily Reimer-Barry | Jan 14, 2026 | American Politics, Current Events, War | 0 |

If you hear the phrase “killer robots” or “machine warriors” and think of...

Conscience at the Polls: Fratelli Tutti and the Discerning Voter

by Emily Reimer-Barry | Oct 4, 2020 | Current Events, Pope Francis, War | 0 |

Photo credit: Vatican News “Pope Signs Encyclical Fratelli Tutti at tomb of St. Francis in...

Statement by Ethicists in the Wake of the January 3rd and 8th Military Actions between the United States and Iran

by Tobias Winright | Jan 20, 2020 | American Politics, Current Events, War | 0 |

(Earlier this month, the United States and Iran appeared to be on the brink of war. Some say that...

An Ethical “No” to a US Military First Strike on North Korea

by Tobias Winright | Jan 15, 2018 | Current Events, War | 0 |

“We have guided missiles and misguided men.” Martin Luther King, Jr. made this...

A Statement from Christian Ethicists on Preventive War and the North Korea Crisis

by Tobias Winright | Aug 25, 2017 | Current Events, War | 1 |

Responding to the growing nuclear threat from North Korea, President Donald Trump’s administration...

Jointly Written Op-Ed Calls for Reflection on Peace and Justice in Islam and Christianity

by Emily Reimer-Barry | Dec 27, 2014 | American Politics, Current Events, War | 0 |

Today the San Diego Union Tribune published an op-ed written by two of my colleagues from the...

James Foley and Catholic Education

by Nichole Flores | Aug 20, 2014 | Current Events, Theology at College, War | 0 |

Like so many others, I was stunned and saddened by the news of James Foley, Marquette University...

The Vatican on Military Intervention in Defense of the Innocent

by Tobias Winright | Aug 13, 2014 | American Politics, Current Events, Pope Francis, War | 2 |

A number of my friends and acquaintances on Facebook this week have expressed their surprise, given Pope Francis’s record of making statements very critical of war (as in connection with Syria a year ago), and given the...

On Gaza: If you wrong us, shall we not revenge?

by Tobias Winright | Jul 29, 2014 | Current Events, War | 3 |

On July 24 at the Catholic Social Thought, Politics, and the Public Square page on Facebook, Jackie Turvey Tait asked if any Catholic moral theologians who are conversant with just war theory would comment on the current...

The Just-War Tradition in Crisis?

by Matthew Shadle | Sep 22, 2013 | Classic Posts, Current Events, From the Field, War | 3 |

Recently the Catholic journalist David Gibson has wondered whether the Christian just-war...

The Grace of Doing Something in Syria

by Tobias Winright | Sep 4, 2013 | Classic Posts, Current Events, War | 0 |

On Sunday, September 1st, Pope Francis called for a Day of Prayer and Fasting on Saturday,...

The Promotion of Peace

by Christopher Vogt | Jan 2, 2013 | Classic Posts, From the Field, War | 3 |

The Promotion of Peace (Chapter 11 of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church) It is worth noting that the chapter in the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church that addresses issues of war and peace is...

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