A most interesting discussion concerning the morality of the Iraq war has finally reached the level of the troops in the trenches. It comes from a most unusual quarter — the Catholic Church. Its implications might be profound. Catholic servicemen and women, wherever they serve, have their own “diocese,” called the Military Ordinariate. They have their own Archbishop, the Most Reverend Edwin F. O’Brien. On March 25, after the war was already under way, Archbishop O’Brien addressed all the chaplains under his command in a pastoral letter commemorating the Feast of the Annunciation of Mary, March 25. It offers a … Continue reading Should Catholic Soldiers Put Down Their Guns?