{"id":99688,"date":"2026-07-24T20:29:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=99688"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:29:39","slug":"catholic-moral-theologians-concerned-by-claims-u-s-iran-struck-civilian-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/catholic-moral-theologians-concerned-by-claims-u-s-iran-struck-civilian-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Te\u00f3logos morais cat\u00f3licos preocupados com alega\u00e7\u00f5es de que os EUA e o Ir\u00e3o atacaram infraestruturas civis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Iran and the United States have faced accusations of strikes on civilian infrastructure and have explicitly threatened attacks on civilian infrastructure going forward, prompting concerns from Catholic moral theologians.\u201cI have deep concerns that the war will widen and the greatest impact will be on the civilian populations of Middle East nations,\u201d Joseph Capizzi, director of Notre Dame\u2019s McGrath Institute for Church Life, told EWTN News.Charles Camosy, a moral theologian at The Catholic University of America, told EWTN News that threats\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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