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> “The events in Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland have raised basic questions about the use of military force and the meaning of peace,” ..
> “Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders,” the lawmakers said. “You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.”
https://time.com/7353662/trump-military-orders-disobey-venezuela-greenland-europe-catholic-leaders/
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Archbishop for U.S. Military Says It’s ‘Morally Acceptable’ for Troops to Disobey Orders Amid Escalating Trump Threats

The archbishop for the U.S. military services joined other prominent clerics in raising concerns amid Trump's military actions and threats.

Time
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> What makes this moment extraordinary is not only the substance of Broglio’s warning, but the source. This is the same archbishop who until recently was reluctant to challenge Trump-era policies at all.
> Yet in just a few months, he has now issued three public rebukes of the administration — on religious freedom, on extrajudicial violence, and now on the prospect of unjust war.
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/conservative-military-archbishop
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Conservative Military Archbishop Says Catholic Troops Can Defy Trump Orders on Greenland

The archbishop responsible for pastoral care of U.S. service members says an unjust attack on a friendly nation justifies troops’ conscientious refusal under Catholic moral teaching.

Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics
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> “It doesn’t seem acceptable to invade a friendly nation,” Broglio told the BBC program “Sunday,” which covered several stories on issues of faith. “Ya know, it would be one thing if the people of Greenland wanted to be annexed, that would be one situation. But taking it by force when we already have treaties that allow for a military installation in Greenland, it doesn’t seem acceptable to invade a friendly nation.”
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/conservative-military-archbishop
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Conservative Military Archbishop Says Catholic Troops Can Defy Trump Orders on Greenland

The archbishop responsible for pastoral care of U.S. service members says an unjust attack on a friendly nation justifies troops’ conscientious refusal under Catholic moral teaching.

Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics
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> CWN Editor's Note: The head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services said that he “cannot see any circumstances” in which an American conquest of Greenland would fulfill just-war criteria. ...
> “But strictly speaking, he or she, within the realm of their own conscience, it would be morally acceptable to disobey that order,” Archbishop Broglio added. “But that’s perhaps putting that individual in an untenable situation, and that’s my concern.”
https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=68179
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