https://freerepublic.com/tag/romaniancatholic/ en-us Wed, 19 Mar 2003 00:56:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/868245/posts CANTON, Mar 18, 03 (CWNews.com) -- An American Catholic bishop has forbidden his flock from participating or cooperating in military action against Iraq, under pain of mortal sin. Bishop John Michael Botean, the head of the Romanian Catholic eparchy (diocese) of St. George in Canton, Ohio-- which has jurisdiction over all Byzantine-rite Romanian Catholics living in the US-- invoked the full measure of his authority in a Lenten Letter to his people. The bishop declared with "moral certainty" that the proposed attack on Iraq "does not meet even the minimal standards of the Catholic just-war theory." The bishop announced that... Catholic World News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/868245/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2003 00:56:14 GMT