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Posted on 06/26/2026 8:51:52 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
In a move likely to further raise tensions with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, Pope Leo XIV will gather the world’s cardinals behind closed doors on Friday to hash out new guidelines on when war is justified.
It’s a topic that has already fired a spat between the White House and the Vatican within the context of the Iran conflict.
When Leo said the disciples of Christ were never on the side of those who “once wielded the sword and today drop bombs,” Vice President JD Vance retorted that the pontiff needed to be “careful” about his theology, given the Church’s long-established theory of a just war.
Rather than simply being “careful” about a centuries-old doctrine of just war — dating back to St. Augustine in the 5th century and St. Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century — Leo reckons the Church should be reconsidering whether this traditional framework still holds in an age of drones, cyber-warfare and nuclear weapons.
In an assertive papal document last month, known as an encyclical, Leo said the theory, “which has all too often been used to justify any kind of war, is now outdated.” Days later, he told journalists, “The notion of a just war no longer applies … [The theory] was developed in centuries when no one could have imagined the weapons we have today or humanity’s capacity for destruction.”
Senior clergy expected that the gathering of cardinals could move toward stricter definitions of when war is justified in self-defense — particularly relevant in relation to Iran — and impose greater demands for negotiation before potential conflicts.
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Who cares what the pope thinks? It’s not like he is a Christian.
Dear Leo,
Tear down your walls and import 100,000 Shia adherents to get your mind right.
This pope is involved in everything but religion ,LOL
> When Leo said the disciples of Christ were never on the side of those who “once wielded the sword and today drop bombs,” … <
Leo is a smart guy. Much smarter than I am. So perhaps Leo can explain to me two things:
1. How could Auschwitz have been liberated without the sword?
2. Speaking of swords, the Vatican’s Swiss Guards have swords. And pikes. And all sorts of rifles and pistols. To avoid any papal hypocrisy, shouldn’t all these weapons be destroyed?
I like Trump as a leader...but has he truly repented of his sins and professed Jesus as his Savior and LORD? Only God knows.
To top it off: Trump DOESN'T like war either. He was fine with the Maduro raid, but Neocon Mideast meddling leading to endless wars was never his schtick. He wants to make deals, not war. Not for Christian reasons, for practical reasons.
Who cares what Pope Gay Commie II thinks?
Prosperity preacher & thrice married Paula White is hardly a better alternative advisor in matters of war & peace.
Trump was never a Neocon. Neocons just wanted to make him in his image. He wants to make deals, not wars.
Trump is on his own spiritual journey. God has not factored into his thinking for much of his worldview up till now. He’s socially quite liberal.
Funny how he does not seem to do any preaching of the gospel and of salvation.
At all.
The Great Commission did not include issuing sweeping policy statements but it does include preaching the gospel.
At least it does in my Bible.
Perhaps he is reading a different one?
I don’t think President Trump gives a flying fig what Da Pope says.
Tawriya -(ambiguous speech to create a false impression) to allow mohammedans to deceive non-believers
Trump won’t give a shit about what this commie homo has to say.
I think the short answer is when they are against Protestants.
I don’t think President Trump pays much attention to Prixster’s Chicongo pope.
I don’t think President Trump pays much attention to Prixster’s Chicongo pope.
I don’t give a rats behind what the commie pope, or any pope says about just wars.
Tend the sheep, commie.
Is the pope catholic?
It would be nice if Prevost and his entourage of Cardinals would preach the gospel and proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord. But I think he and his modernist pals have probably lost their faith.
Trump doesn’t war. He negotiates.
Mo, but the bears may soon poop on his head.
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