Three US Cardinals: Foreign policy must respect human dignity, religious liberty
Vatican News • • world
Key Points:
- Three US Cardinals—Blase Cupich, Robert McElroy, and Joseph Tobin—issued a joint statement addressing the moral foundations of American foreign policy amid ongoing global conflicts such as those in Venezuela, Ukraine, and Greenland.
- They emphasized the importance of respecting national sovereignty and self-determination, warning that these principles are increasingly fragile in today's geopolitical climate.
- The Cardinals highlighted Pope Leo XIV’s recent address, which criticized the resurgence of war and the undermining of post-World War II norms against using force to violate borders, calling for diplomacy and multilateralism.
- They called for a moral foreign policy that prioritizes human dignity, religious liberty, and humanitarian aid, renounces war as a tool for narrow national
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