{"id":101339,"date":"2026-07-31T12:49:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=101339"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:49:51","slug":"inaugural-catholic-military-conference-to-feature-keynote-on-just-war-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/inaugural-catholic-military-conference-to-feature-keynote-on-just-war-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Catholic military conference to feature keynote on just war theory"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, will launch its first conference for Catholic service members to explore how the ongoing conflict with Iran fits within the Church\u2019s teachings on just war theory.<\/p>\n

University of Notre Dame theology professor Joseph Capizzi will deliver the keynote address at the Nov. 9\u201311 Ereignis<\/a> under the theme \u201cLiving and Serving Justly,\u201d according to a July 28 archdiocese press release<\/a>. The conference will be held at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia.<\/p>\n

The U.S.-Iran conflict has entered its fifth month, and Catholic theologians have \u00e4u\u00dferte Besorgnis<\/a> over the impact of U.S. military force on civilian infrastructure in Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe position of the Church,\u201d Capizzi said in the release, \u201cis that the use of force, including lethal force, is bound by the moral law, and even when countries resort to the use of force in conflict, it\u2019s not anything goes. In fact, both sides remain bound to the requirements of moral international law regarding the treatment of civilian populations, the treatment of prisoners of war and wounded soldiers, among others, and this has been spelled out for a long time in Western tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Capizzi is the McGrath-Cavadini director of the McGrath Institute for Church Life at Notre Dame and is the author of \u201cPolitics, Justice, and War: Christian Governance and the Ethics of Warfare.\u201d His remarks will include reflections on the teachings of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas and how they apply to modern warfare.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven when it\u2019s resorted to, the use of force must be discriminatory or \u2018distinct\u2019 \u2014 the principle of distinction is what it\u2019s called in international law, which means it has to distinguish between legitimate targets and illegitimate targets,\u201d he said. \u201cCivilian populations, civilian structures like schools, hospitals, desalinization plants and so on \u2014 they are not legitimately targeted. You must abide by this principle of distinction, and any uses of force must be proportional to the ends sought.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other speakers at the three-day event include Catholic radio host Katie McGrady, who will serve as emcee. The conference will feature additional keynote addresses and breakout sessions geared toward fostering \u201csynodal\u201d connections within the archdiocese, according to the release.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/us\/inaugural-catholic-military-conference-to-feature-keynote-on-just-war-theory<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, will launch its first conference for Catholic service members to explore how the ongoing conflict with Iran fits within the Church\u2019s teachings on just war theory. University of Notre Dame theology professor Joseph Capizzi will deliver the keynote address at the Nov. 9\u201311 event under the theme \u201cLiving […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-101339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101351,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/perus-new-president-pledges-to-acknowledge-churchs-importance\/","url_meta":{"origin":101339,"position":0},"title":"Peru\u2019s new president pledges to acknowledge Church\u2019s importance","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Juli 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"On July 28, Peru\u2019s new president, Keiko Fujimori, took an oath acknowledging \u201cthe importance of the Catholic Church in the cultural and moral formation of Peru\u201d and announced a policy to improve the quality of life for Peruvians \u201cfrom womb to tomb.\u201d Fujimori \u2014 elected in a tight race that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Christian News"","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Peru\u2019s new president pledges to acknowledge Church\u2019s importance","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Perus-new-president-pledges-to-acknowledge-Churchs-importance.jpg?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Perus-new-president-pledges-to-acknowledge-Churchs-importance.jpg?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Perus-new-president-pledges-to-acknowledge-Churchs-importance.jpg?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Perus-new-president-pledges-to-acknowledge-Churchs-importance.jpg?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Perus-new-president-pledges-to-acknowledge-Churchs-importance.jpg?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101610,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101339\/revisions\/101610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101339"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=101339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}