Three U.S. Catholic cardinals have urged the Trump administration to use a moral compass in foreign policy. On Monday, they warned that U.S. military actions in Venezuela, threats to acquire Greenland and cuts in foreign aid could cause suffering instead of promoting peace.
In rare joint message, 3 cardinals urge measuring political decisions against principles of human dignity, solidarity, and peace articulated by Pope Leo.
The archbishops of Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Newark, N.J., on Monday issued a joint statement about U.S. foreign policy and how they compare to principles that have been set for by Pope Leo XIV.
Three U.S. Catholic archbishops on Monday decried the direction of American foreign policy, saying the country’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” was in question and that military action must only be used as an extreme last resort.
Three U.S. Catholic cardinals urged the Trump administration on Monday to use a moral compass in pursuing its foreign policy, saying U.S. military action in...
In a joint statement, Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington and Joseph Tobin of Newark, N.J., warned that without a moral vision, the current debate over Washington's foreign policy was mired in “polarization, partisanship, and narrow economic and social interests.”
Citing recent events in Venezuela, Ukraine, and Greenland as having raised fundamental questions about the use of military force, the cardinals call for a “genuinely moral foreign policy” in which “military action must be seen only as a last resort in extreme situations, not a normal instrument of n…
