[Aquinasfan]

I understand that war is a No No in the Catholic religion

In your opinion, how are "no no's" determined in the Catholic religion?

(Catholic Just War Doctrine)

[colorado tanker]

I don't think the Pope took Iraq's side. From the accounts I read the Pope was asking Iraq to abide by the UN resolutions to avoid war. Who knows, privately the Pope may have called on Aziz to repent and start acting like a Christian man.

But it is unfortunate that the Church hierarchy, including American Catholic leaders, seem to be aligning themselves with the "peace" movement. At a time when the Church is trying to defeat the charge it was complicit with the Nazis, the Church should not be allowing the perception it is aligning itself with the most notorious fascist regime now operating.