Prominent Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- The three highest-ranking U.S. Roman Catholic archbishops issued a statement questioning America's moral role in global affairs, marking a rare and strong critique of the Trump administration’s principles without naming President Trump directly.
- Cardinals Blase Cupich, Robert McElroy, and Joseph Tobin highlighted a profound national debate about the ethical basis for U.S. foreign policy, the most significant since the Cold War's end.
- The statement calls for a "genuinely moral foreign policy," emphasizing that military action should be a last resort in extreme cases rather than a routine tool of national policy.
- They referenced recent events in Venezuela, Ukraine, and Greenland to illustrate the moral dilemmas posed by current U.S. military and foreign interventions
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