President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House April 16 that he does not see a meeting with Pope Leo XIV as “necessary” after his social media tirade.
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US bishops’ doctrine chair defends Church’s just war tradition after Vance comments
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon“For over a thousand years, the Catholic Church has taught just war theory and it is that long tradition the Holy Father carefully references in his comments on war,” said …
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Catholic bishops and leaders across the political spectrum expressed disapproval following a social media tirade by President Donald Trump against the pope.
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Cardinal Robert W. McElroy decried the U.S. war with Iran as “an immoral war,” during a vigil Mass for peace April 11 at his Washington cathedral.
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Trump rebuffs Bishop Barron plea, says he will not apologize for Pope Leo tirade
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonPresident Donald Trump told reporters at the White House April 13 he will not apologize to Pope Leo XIV after Bishop Robert E. Barron called on him to do so.
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Washington Roundup: Iran war powers bid fails; 1st ‘Take It Down’ conviction; Vance stumps for Orbán
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonHouse Republicans blocked a measure to limit Trump’s war-making ability in Iran; Vice President JD Vance travelled to Hungary to support Viktor Orbán; and more.
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A U.S. bishop is calling for peace and humanitarian aid to Lebanon, where the U.S.-Israel war on Iran has spread with devastating consequences.
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An interview with conflict resolution scholar Laurie Nathan of the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.
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Pope Leo urges citizens to call on their leaders to reject war after Trump’s ‘unacceptable’ Iran threat
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonSpeaking to journalists at Castel Gandolfo April 7, and without naming Trump, Pope Leo called the president’s threat “truly unacceptable.”
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US bishops’ leader rebukes Trump after he threatens Iran’s ‘whole civilization will die tonight’
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe U.S. bishops’ president said that President Donald Trump threatening Iran’s “whole civilization will die tonight” without a deal was morally unjustifiable.
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