Catholic Social Teaching
From The Journal at Catholic Paradigm.
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The Lights Were the Bargaining Chip: What the Church Says About Threatening a Nation’s Power Grid
Trump called off strikes on Iran’s energy sites. A Catholic deacon on why the Church forbids making a whole population suffer to…
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No Agreement, Just a Threat: The Church on a Peace Built Without Truth
Trump and Hamas give contradictory accounts of the Gaza disarmament deal. A Catholic look at why peace requires truth before justice or…
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Inventory and Storage, Not Disarmament: What the Church Asks of a Peace Neither Side Will Name
Trump’s Gaza disarmament deal calls it disarmament; Hamas calls it inventory and storage. What Catholic social teaching asks of a peace built…
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“It’s Our Turn”: What the Church Says About a War Run on Reprisal
The US struck Iran because Iran struck first. A Catholic look at why reprisal is not a reason the Church accepts, and…
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Somebody Else’s Sky: What Iraq and Jordan Are Owed When Two Other Powers Fight Above Them
US and Saudi jets struck eastern Iraq while Iranian missiles crossed Jordan. A Catholic look at what nations used as battlefields are…
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Nobody Signed the Quiet: What the Church Asks of a Ceasefire That Rests on a Mood
A Catholic deacon reads the US-Iran strike pause through Catholic social teaching: why a truce nobody signed is not yet peace.
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Guilt Has a Name: The Berlin Attack and the Rule That Binds Both Ways
The Berlin Pride attack through Catholic social teaching: why the Church says criminal responsibility is always personal, and why that rule cuts…
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Five Hundred Meters: The Church and the Bystanders This War Has Turned into Leverage
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard told civilians in seven countries to keep 500 meters from American sites. The Church has a name for making…
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The Harm You Cannot Aim: The Church and the Threat to Strike Iran’s Nuclear Sites
The US plans a strike near an Iranian enrichment site. The Church accepts self-defense, and asks what a nation may do when…
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Sixteen Names and One Still Missing: What a Nation Owes the Soldiers It Sends
Two American service members were killed in Jordan and a third is missing. What the Church teaches a nation owes the soldiers…