“War is Hell,” said Union General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1879.

Pope Leo and three cardinals of the Catholic Church who appeared last Sunday on “60 Minutes,” agree. The problem for these theologians is that for them it appears war is only Hell when it is engaged in by the United States and for the best of reasons. They have little to say about the terrorist regime in Iran or for that matter the slaughter of civilians by Vladimir Putin’s army in Ukraine.

These church leaders seem to be engaging in a kind of immoral equivalency. Do they not know that the Islamic regime hates Christians and Jews and believes their deity demands they be killed?

American Catholics have frequently disagreed with their popes, especially on issues such as abortion and traditional marriage. Consider Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and former President Joe Biden, among the high-profile adherents to that faith. Both,........

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