The United States’ war with Iran is “not morally legitimate” because it fails several tenets of Catholic just war principles, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said in a March 9 interview with his archdiocesan newspaper.
Responding to questions in The Catholic Standard, McElroy expressed pointed concerns over the military strikes that the U.S. and Israel have been waging on the Islamic Republic of Iran since Feb. 28.
“I have encountered a very significant level of anxiety about the war in Iran, and many parishioners have spoken to me about their worries,” said McElroy, who added that opinions are mixed among those he has spoken with. He said some people are skeptical of another U.S.-led war in the Persian Gulf while others believe the time is right to overthrow Iran’s theocracy.
“Almost everyone rightly believes that the Khamenei regime has been for decades a brutal and repressive government that has spread terrorism throughout the world and should be replaced,” McElroy said.
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