Cardinal Parolin warns of a world “set ablaze.” Cardinal Cupich questions the war’s legitimacy. Pope Leo prays for disarmament. And the New York Times traces a school massacre to American bombs.
I had kept Pope Francis’ monthly intentions on my desktop and then set Pope Leo’s there for 2026. I did a double -take when I read the March intention on Sunday. God knows what we need! Thank you for continuing to pray and write. Your post today is important. God’s blessing on all who read it!
It is indeed a moral catastrophe carried out in our name. I am not Catholic but I am a follower of Christ’s teachings and we have veered so very far away from them. I have joined Pope Leo’s prayers for peace.
Also, the olive trees in that video made me cry. Apart from God's and Noah's covenant, there is also a deeply implied message for Palestine there — since the burning of olive trees is in Israeli settler's MO for dispossessing Palestinian farmers.
I am angry and sad at the deaths of teachers and young innocent girls in Iran by American bombs. I’m angry that my corrupt government will never apologize or attempt to make restitution to their families. We have a mentally declined and evil president along with an immature and unqualified secretary of defense running this war and I am horrified that there are no true reasons or ends to this war. I can only hope it ends very soon.
I would call the murder of children a moral disaster-a shameful event that should not have happened. Jesus wanted us to be like little children and to be protective of them. I am praying for peace, love, calm, forgiveness, disarmament, and light to put out this darkness. I also am praying for a heavenly host of angels to comfort the parents and teachers of these precious children.
Chris, I do believe the just war tradition is not officially uphold by the Church anymore (see Fratelli Tutti, n° 258), but only because it has further restricted its tolerance for wars (also because of the abuses that tradition sufferred on and on under Portuguese colonialism, particularly in modern-day Brazil). You are absolutely right to point towards it as a moral contrast to what the US and Israel are doing — but it might be worth mentioning that it is not the church's official position for the world today. Rather, it is a part of its historic moral tradition that can teach us some stuff about modern day wars, but not a policy we'd like anyone to implement.
I had kept Pope Francis’ monthly intentions on my desktop and then set Pope Leo’s there for 2026. I did a double -take when I read the March intention on Sunday. God knows what we need! Thank you for continuing to pray and write. Your post today is important. God’s blessing on all who read it!
It is indeed a moral catastrophe carried out in our name. I am not Catholic but I am a follower of Christ’s teachings and we have veered so very far away from them. I have joined Pope Leo’s prayers for peace.
The Holy Spirit knew that the world needed Pope Leo, and he was selected, and knew March intention was exactly what the world needed.
May we all pray together, share and share this with all people of faith.
Also, the olive trees in that video made me cry. Apart from God's and Noah's covenant, there is also a deeply implied message for Palestine there — since the burning of olive trees is in Israeli settler's MO for dispossessing Palestinian farmers.
I am angry and sad at the deaths of teachers and young innocent girls in Iran by American bombs. I’m angry that my corrupt government will never apologize or attempt to make restitution to their families. We have a mentally declined and evil president along with an immature and unqualified secretary of defense running this war and I am horrified that there are no true reasons or ends to this war. I can only hope it ends very soon.
I would call the murder of children a moral disaster-a shameful event that should not have happened. Jesus wanted us to be like little children and to be protective of them. I am praying for peace, love, calm, forgiveness, disarmament, and light to put out this darkness. I also am praying for a heavenly host of angels to comfort the parents and teachers of these precious children.
Chris, I do believe the just war tradition is not officially uphold by the Church anymore (see Fratelli Tutti, n° 258), but only because it has further restricted its tolerance for wars (also because of the abuses that tradition sufferred on and on under Portuguese colonialism, particularly in modern-day Brazil). You are absolutely right to point towards it as a moral contrast to what the US and Israel are doing — but it might be worth mentioning that it is not the church's official position for the world today. Rather, it is a part of its historic moral tradition that can teach us some stuff about modern day wars, but not a policy we'd like anyone to implement.
Strange, as all Wars lead back to Rome
“Call it the Holy Spirit.”
That works.