"On Jan. 19, 2026, the three cardinals heading U.S. archdioceses - Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., and Joseph Tobin of Newark - issued a rare joint statement. "The United States has entered into the most profound and searing debate about the moral foundation for America's actions in the world since the end of the Cold War," they began, calling for "a genuinely moral foreign policy.""
"The cardinals quoted Pope Leo XIV's annual address to the Vatican's diplomatic corps, delivered earlier that month, in which he deplored that "a zeal for war is spreading," and the norm governing the use of force "has been completely undermined." In follow-up interviews, Cupich criticized the U.S. operation to capture President Nicolás Maduro for sending a message that "might makes right.""
"More novel, however, were statements by Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services. In December 2025, Broglio issued a detailed critique of the morality and legality of the Trump administration's strikes against boats in the Caribbean. In a January interview with the BBC, when asked if an invasion of Greenland could be considered just, he sa"
Catholic leaders condemned U.S. foreign policy moves, focusing on military action in Venezuela and rhetoric about Greenland. Three U.S. cardinals — Blase Cupich, Robert McElroy and Joseph Tobin — issued a joint statement calling for a genuinely moral foreign policy and saying the nation faces a profound debate about the moral foundation of its international actions. The cardinals cited Pope Leo XIV warning that a zeal for war is spreading and that norms governing use of force have been undermined. Cupich criticized an operation to capture Nicolás Maduro as signaling that might makes right. Archbishop Timothy Broglio questioned the morality and legality of strikes in the Caribbean and raised doubts about justifying an invasion of Greenland.
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