The pope condemned the Iran war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president fired back. Now America\u2019s most powerful Republicans are invoking ancient Christian doctrine to defend modern airstrikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Washington, scripture is being weaponized, and \u201cjust war\u201d is no longer a theory but a talking point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell have thrown their full political weight behind Donald Trump\u2019s hard\u2011line Iran campaign, even as the president publicly threatens to \u201cwipe out\u201d the regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McConnell frames Tehran as a long\u2011time enemy whose power has now been \u201csignificantly diminished,\u201d while Johnson insists the strikes qualify as a morally legitimate \u201cjust war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For them, crippling the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism is not only strategic, but righteous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That argument has collided head\u2011on with Pope Leo XIV\u2019s warnings from the pulpit that Christ \u201cdoes not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has answered with furious posts accusing the pontiff of being \u201cweak on crime\u201d and soft on Iranian nukes, while Vice President JD Vance cites a thousand years of just war theory to rebut him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As U.S. warships choke off Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz and pressure mounts for a diplomatic off\u2011ramp, the struggle is no longer just over missiles and sanctions, but over whose vision of faith and morality will guide America\u2019s most lethal decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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