Among the remarkable side effects of the conflict between the United States and Iraq has been the revival of the just war theory, the set of ethical...
War and peace
Explore U.S. Catholic articles on war and peace—analysis, reflections, and stories on reconciliation, peacebuilding, and Catholic social teaching.
Lord have mercy, for we persist in our obstinate ways, and we close our hearts to you, hiding our shame behind our pride. And so this oddly unreal war...
The disfiguring effects of the current war will be seen long after the smoke has cleared. Demining specialists are fanning out across southern...
We get all kinds of mail here at U.S. Catholic: scripture interpretation pasted together from magazine headlines with biblical verses twisted in a manner King...
Unless action replaces delay, our denunciations of genocide are nothing but talk. Darfur has become a marquee global tragedy with celebrities such...
You know Father John Rausch is committed to social justice when even his answering machine message ends with, "God bless, and let's continue to work...
Deferring infrastructure maintenance for war spending builds a bridge to nowhere. After watching coverage of the minneapolis-St. Paul I-35W bridge collapse...
As the election crisis in Kenya continued Claretian Missionaries around the world received an update from one of their own, Kenyan native Father Robert Omondi...
While much of the world has closed its eyes to the genocide in Darfur, Catholics are helping refugees and spreading the word about the tragedy. Along with his...
For most people, moving from New York City to a three-block town in the New Mexican desert might seem like a step toward relaxation. But John Dear, a...








