US Catholic cardinals urge Trump administration to rethink foreign policy
AP News • • nation
Key Points:
- Three U.S. Catholic cardinals—Blase Cupich, Robert McElroy, and Joseph Tobin—urged the Trump administration to adopt a morally guided foreign policy, warning that current actions risk causing widespread suffering rather than promoting peace.
- The cardinals criticized U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, threats to acquire Greenland, and cuts to foreign aid, emphasizing that military force should be a last resort and foreign policy should uphold human dignity and religious liberty.
- Their statement was inspired by Pope Leo XIV’s recent address condemning the use of force to assert national dominion and undermining the post-World War II international legal order.
- The cardinals stressed that the U.S. must pursue a foreign policy based on
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