Article 74Q24 US military archbishop says Iran conflict does not meet ‘just war’ standard

US military archbishop says Iran conflict does not meet ‘just war’ standard

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Edward Helmore
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Catholic Timothy Broglio says hard to cast this war as something that would be sponsored by the Lord'

The leader of all Catholic chaplains in the United States' armed forces has questioned how righteous the US military's campaign in Iran is, saying that under the just war theory - it is not".

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services USA, told CBS News in an interview set for broadcast Sunday that while Iran was a threat with nuclear arms", waging war on the theocratic state constituted compensating for a threat before the threat is actually realized".

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