We Support Peace

As sisters who pray daily for peace, we support the statement “Charting a Moral Vision of American Foreign Policy” released Monday from Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago; Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington; and Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., archbishop of Newark.

The statement begins:

“The events in Venezuela, Ukraine, and Greenland have raised basic questions about the use of military force and the meaning of peace. The sovereign rights of nations to self-determination appear all too fragile in a world of ever greater conflagrations. The balancing of national interest with the common good is being framed within starkly polarized terms.”

Cardinal Cupich commented:

“We cannot stand by while decisions are made that condemn millions to lives trapped permanently at the edge of existence. Pope Leo has given us clear direction and we must apply his teachings to the conduct of our nation and its leaders.”

Read the rest of their statement here

We stand with the consistent teaching of the Catholic Church in opposing the use of military force as a means of resolving political and democratic crises. This informed our corporate stance Against Exorbitant Military Spending, which you can read more about here.