U.S. Officials Defy Catholic Moral Teaching and Pressure the Vatican to Endorse War
EWTN News portal (April 9, 2026) reports that U.S. officials continue to defend military actions in Iran amid criticism from top Catholic leaders, including “Pope Leo XIV” and “Cardinal Pietro Parolin.” The article details U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s celebration of a “decisive military victory” in Iran, General Dan Caine’s claim that coalition forces “achieved the military objectives,” and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s declaration of “a victory for the United States of America.” It also covers a disputed report that the Pentagon summoned then-Apostolic Nuncio Cardinal Christophe Pierre in January to demand Vatican support for U.S. military actions, which the Department of Defense denied as “highly exaggerated and distorted.” The article further notes “Pope Leo XIV’s” rebuke of President Donald Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran’s “whole civilization,” and U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops President Archbishop Paul Coakley’s condemnation of such rhetoric. This article exposes the conciliar sect’s continued failure to uphold the Church’s immutable teaching on the immorality of aggressive war and the absolute primacy of God’s law over secular power, instead offering a tepid, naturalistic “peace” rhetoric that lacks any supernatural foundation or call to repentance.





