Do you think the Pope support War in Iraq and the Border fence?

Answer 1

+ The Iraqi War +

Catholics use the rigorous "just war" docrtine to determine if defense by military force is legitimate.

Offensive war is never justified.

All the following considerations must be true to justify war:
1. The damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain;
2. All other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;
3. There must be serious prospects of success;
4. The use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated.

It has been argued the pre-war Iraq:
1. Was not inflicting lasting, grave and certain damage to the United States;
2. Could have been influenced by diplomatic and international sanctions.

It is argued now that:
3. There is not a serious prospect of success;
4. The use of arms has produced evils and disorders greater than the evil eliminated. The Iraqi Health Ministry has said that over 150,000 people have died since the U.S. invaded in 2003: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061110/ts_afp/iraq_061110145130

The "new" philosophy of the United States to launch wars to get them before they get us can even be argued as an offensive war which would not be justified.

http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2art5.htm

+ Immigration +

Because of the belief that the earth, this country, everything we have are gifts from God, which we are called to share with our brothers and sisters in Christ, the Church takes a rather liberal approach to immigration and probably does not support the border fence.

You shall not oppress an alien; you well know how it feels to be an alien, since you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt. (Exodus 23:9)

The émigré Holy Family of Nazareth, fleeing into Egypt, is the archetype of every refugee family. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, living in exile in Egypt to escape the fury of an evil king, are, for all times and all places, the models and protectors of every migrant, alien and refugee of whatever kind who, whether compelled by fear of persecution or by want, is forced to leave his native land, his beloved parents and relatives, his close friends, and to seek a foreign soil. (Exsul Familia, Pope Pius XII, 1952)

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" (The Statue of Liberty)

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 2

The Pope always spoke out against the war in Iraq.

As for the U.S. border fence, I'm not aware of an opinion on that.

Answer 3

Not the killings going on in Iraq, as far as the border fence, being a catholic he is, I suppose he would not support that either, of course, he don't have to provide the money to finance all the benefits the illegals get while in US soil, either. One thing the catholics and the christian right have in common, no abortion under any circumstance, but neither would provide the means to bring up the unwanted babies, no matter their physical or medical situations.

Answer 4

i don't think Obama, if elected, will end the conflict in Iraq, i think of he will proceed with plans to amplify the conflict into Iran extremely, which will make an Iraq pullout impossible. yet regardless, he won't build a wall of any sort between Mexico and the U. S. with the aid of fact the Bush-initiated (and CFR supported) North American Union would be popular by making use of 2010, and there will be effectively no north or south border to the U. S., different than the place the North American continent ends.

Answer 5

If Pope support War in Iraq, he will be no more Pope at all. If there is fence, there will not be open to public. God is limited his people and not the comparsion to love people.

Answer 6

Catholic bishops in this country believe immagrents should be treated humanely and not shut out so I suppose that's what the Pope believes too. And I don't think the church is for any type of war so I don't think he supports the iraqi war.

Answer 7

EYYYEE think the pope is old...but, as he's Christian, he probably supports any type of conflict involving one which is not of his own religious faction. About the border fence? - the Vatican will probably be financing it because the US is out of money for good...

Answer 8

I think the pope is a glorified marmite fan. HE gets up of an afternoon, pee's out his window onto somee Italians head, eats his own turd and then licks the rim of the toilet seat. Then he purifies himself with dirty mucky crap and says hello is it me your looking for

Answer 9

He will never support war.

Answer 10

I doubt it, but then again, I don't support the Pope.