The release in late May of Pope Leo’s new encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” occasioned significant public interest because ...

(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 ...

In Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV has spoken about war, peace, technology and human dignity with the clarity this moment demands. Catholics should now ask what it means to say that just war theory ...

Pope Leo has this week disavowed a centuries-old Catholic doctrine on warfare, a move experts suggest could have profound ...

Pope Leo XIV said the war in Iran does not qualify as a "just war" according to Catholic teaching, while answering questions ...

Pope Leo XIV reaffirms his stance that the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran is not a "just war." ...

The theological case for just war has seldom been more urgent than it is right now.

Pope Leo XIV has declared that the US-Israeli war against Iran does not qualify as a “just war,” arguing that the ...

Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas is ostensibly about artificial intelligence and the human person, but its most arresting claim comes in a section on war. “Today, more than ever,” Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV’s outspoken criticisms of the US-led war against Iran revive a deep theological debate on the Catholic Church’s ...

(RNS) — In line with long-standing papal concerns.