Timothy Broglio

In his inaugural encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” which was mainly an exploration of how to protect human dignity in the age of artificial intelligence, Leo devoted a brief but critical passage to just war theory

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth rebuked a reporter mid-briefing Wednesday at the Pentagon after she interrupted as he was calling on another journalist, telling her to "just wait" before continuing with questions on Iran and the U.S.-brokered ceasefire

The late Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon often is credited with devising the formula for ending U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia: That we should declare victory and get out

As Wednesday's ceasefire took effect, Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion Heritage Center in Jerusalem and a close evangelical ally of President Donald Trump, reflected on the war

Hegseth has not publicly commented on the pope's remarks, though commentators and critics across the political spectrum have noted a stark theological clash between his Pentagon prayer service on 26 March 2026 and Pope Leo XIV's Palm Sunday homily three days later

Hegseth has not publicly commented on the pope's remarks, though commentators and critics across the political spectrum have noted a stark theological clash between his Pentagon prayer service on 26 March 2026 and Pope Leo XIV's Palm Sunday homily three days later

The just war theory is a philosophical and legal framework, rooted in the theologies of Saints Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, that is designed to help determine when starting war is morally justifiable — or jus ad bellum — and how it should be conducted, or jus in bello

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