When Pope Leo took heat from Donald Trump and the MAGA movement for denouncing the war in Iran earlier this year, much of his ...

Pope Leo has said that just war theory—which has often been used to defend, not prevent violence—is now outdated. Pope Leo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eliza Anderson, Deseret News / Source: Anadolu, Getty Images Even as modern warfare becomes more technologically advanced, with ...

Ordered liberty depends on structure: constitutional structure, legal structure, institutional structure, and moral structure. Just war principles are among the structures by which civilization ...

The “just war doctrine” has unexpectedly emerged as a point of contention in American political discourse. Speaking at a Turning Point USA event on April 14, Vice President J.D. Vance invoked what he ...

The venerable theological tradition makes war slower, riskier, costlier, and less efficient—and that’s the point. Once upon a time I was a pacifist, and some days I still am. Although I’m a theologian ...

(RNS) — “Today, more than ever, without prejudice to the right to self-defense in the strictest sense, it is important to reaffirm that the 'just war' theory, which has all too often been used to ...

A woman sits amid rubble outside her destroyed apartment in Tehran, Iran, March 12, 2026, following an airstrike amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Credit: OSV News/Alaa Al Marjani, Reuters “‘One of ...

A man stands amid the debris of a destroyed building at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2026, amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Credit: OSV News photo/Majid Asgaripour, WANA ...

Even as modern warfare becomes more technologically advanced, with the U.S. military employing drones and artificial intelligence in Iran, an ethical framework that dates to the fifth century is still ...