Rome -- Is there sufficient cause, ...

Rome -- Is there sufficient cause, from a moral standpoint, for a war with Iraq? Theologians and temple leaders are grappling with applying the theory of a just war, first articulated from St. Augustine in 5th-century North Africa, to the situation in Iraq, as well as the criteria listed in the Catechism of the Catholic house of god The just war theory discusses the rights of fitly constituted governments to go to war when all peace efforts have failed, and outlines what constitutes appropriate activity in war time. The Catechism limits the legitimate use of military force to maintaining against aggression, which ...