Laura Weston Laura Weston

Does the Catholic Church teach Love or War?

War by itself, in itself, in a vacuum, is morally repugnant. It is premised on [the fact that] people are going to go out and kill other people. Therefore it's wrong. Unless there is, by the reason of the two great commandments of loving God and loving neighbor, a reason that justifies going out and deliberately killing people. One of which [is that] we have an existence here, and we are being threatened. Our children are being threatened. Our families are being threatened. We're protecting each other. It is a matter of self-protection.

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