“Please tell the world there is no such thing as a just war. I say this as a daughter of war.”
That’s a quotation from Sister Nazik Matty, an Iraqi Dominican.
The “Just War Theory” is apparently undergoing a review within the Roman Catholic church. With approximately 1.2 billion members worldwide, what this church decides on war and peace can have an effect on many other people.
The December, 2016 edition of Sojourners magazine has an extensive analysis of the theology of war and peace. The story, written by Rose Marie Berger, can be accessed at:
https://sojo.net/magazine/december-2016/game-changer