Pope Contradicts Catholic Catechism on Just War

In the end, the pope’s undergirding assumptions regarding war and peace – that “war is made by two, not one” and that even an unjust peace is preferable to war – fly in the face of just-war moral reasoning and Christian wisdom, not to mention basic justice. Surely, the Ukrainian foreign minister’s response to Francis was fitting: “The strongest is the one who, in the battle between good and evil, stands on the side of good rather than attempting to put them on the same footing and call it ‘negotiations.’”