2007-05-22 16:09:34 · 20 answers · asked by baby boo 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In time I am sure a higher power will take care of that...
2007-05-22 16:13:27 · answer #1 · answered by IndianaHoosier 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not exactly.
+ Politics +
The Catholic Church proposes but does not impose.
The Church is primarily a spiritual body. But she is also a moral teacher.
When you look at the 1.1 billion believers worshiping in over 200,000 parishes worldwide you can see that the Catholic Church is a spiritual entity.
However the Church is also a moral teacher and has been teaching the world what it believes God thinks is right and wrong for almost 2,000 years.
The Church looks to protect human dignity and human rights and does not for look for political power. Church leaders are barred from political office by Church law (not civil law).
Jesus said, "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you." (Matthew 28:18-20)
The Catholic Church has been teaching world governments what it believes is right and wrong since the ancient Romans stopped persecuting it and long before anyone heard of the freedom of speech.
The Catholic Church protested about the blood sports in the Roman Colosseum and they were stopped.
The Catholic Church supported the Polish Solidarity movement and the Soviet Union fell apart.
I don't think the Church is going to (or should) stop teaching the world governments what is right or wrong now.
+ War +
Catholics use the rigorous consideration of the “just war” doctrine 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 "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.
+ With love in Christ.
2007-05-23 17:22:15 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
...Hell no, i would just say "no" but i feel as if "hell no" is a more appropriate exclamation to ure catholic hierarchy type of question. Just cause he may be the "ruler" and icon of the catholic world doesnt mean he has THAT type of administration, hell the pope isnt even like a president...maybe of the lil d.c. like town he's in but other than that no. This is our war and we dont need some old dude that just got in office like 2 yrs back to try to regulate our wars, im not for it but this question is really childish and weird. Sorry, all wars are mostly "unholy". Fighting is considered unholy period probably. The only kind of "holy" wars might have been the crusades but other than that the only type of holy war would probably be for religion.
2007-05-22 16:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by BlackTexan09 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
George W. Bush is not Catholic, so he probably doesn't care what the Pope says. But he shouldn't have started this un-Godly war. Just my opinion...
2007-05-22 16:13:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Gee, I thought it was the Muslims who decided to start a Godly war?
Bush got involved for the American people to get terrorism under control. Not for religious reasons. The pope has no say, thankfully, on what the Americans can or cannot do. Church and State are separate institutions.
2007-05-22 16:14:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If a person could devise a plan to destroy a country completely in every way they would need the best teacher.And who says Bush is not brilliant.He is the greatest teacher of destruction known to mankind
2007-05-22 16:17:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the place do you get this rubbish? Are you particularly attempting to declare that the yank President is responsible of all this? What proper to the human beings we are struggling with? How nicely do you think of they are abiding by potential of the Geneva convention? Your question is an absurd shaggy dog tale and your loss of sophistication is disgraceful. SO - I think of which you anti- conflict supporters think of we are shooting at solid style-hearted harmless human beings over in Iraq now - suited?
2016-12-11 17:49:19 · answer #7 · answered by bednarz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont think George W is a Catholic
2007-05-22 16:13:05 · answer #8 · answered by Judas. S. Burroughs. 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I thought this war started on 9/11. Isn't this a war on terror? Of course you probably think we should just sit back and wait, maybe next time with the nuclear weapons.
2007-05-22 16:15:22 · answer #9 · answered by expertless 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both John Paul II and Benedict the XVI are on record as speaking out against the Iraq war.
That's about all they can do.
The rest is up to us and our government.
2007-05-22 16:57:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No but maybe the Catholic pope should be on time out for being ungodly
2007-05-22 16:13:44 · answer #11 · answered by † H20andspirit 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋