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Can’t Pope Leo Make Better Arguments Against the War? by Phil Lawler – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture, Mar 18, 2026

If Pope Leo hopes to swing American Catholic opinion against the war in Iraq—and still more if he hopes to convince the Trump administration to sue for peace—he’s going to need some more persuasive arguments. Those arguments are available. But to date the Holy Father hasn’t used them.

Thus far, in his public statements on the war, the Pope has simply repeated his appeals for peace: a peace which, he insists, can be attained through negotiations. His call for a cease-fire, at his Angelus audience on Sunday, was typical: “May paths of dialogue be re-opened! Violence can never lead to the justice, stability, and peace for which the peoples are waiting.” …

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