Three US cardinals “against” Trump: damaging insurance policies | EUROtoday

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The cardinals of Washington, Chicago and Newark, via a joint declaration, take a place on the overseas coverage of the United States. “The moral role of the United States of America in confronting evil in the world and building a just peace is reduced to partisan categories that encourage polarization and destructive policies”, is the center of the message launched as we speak by Cardinals Blase Joseph Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, Robert McElroy, Archbishop of Washington, and Joseph William Tobin, Archbishop of Newark.

The textual content, as additionally reported by the newspaper of the Holy See, is impressed by the truth that, within the new yr, “the United States has entered into the deepest and most heated debate on the moral basis of America’s actions in the world since the end of the Cold War”. “Events in Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland” are cited, which “have raised fundamental questions about the use of military force and the meaning of peace.”

In this sense, the three cardinals underline how “the balance between national interest and common good is framed in highly polarized terms”. Furthermore, “the moral role of the United States of America in confronting evil in the world, in upholding the right to life and human dignity, and in supporting religious freedom is under scrutiny – they continue – and the building of a just and sustainable peace, so crucial to the well-being of humanity, is being reduced to partisan categories that encourage polarization and destructive policies”.

In the textual content the three cardinals consider the worldwide motion of the United States in gentle of the rules expressed by Pope Leo XIV within the speech to the diplomatic corps on January ninth. In specific, the passage is cited wherein the Pontiff states that “the weakness of multilateralism is a cause for particular concern” and that “a diplomacy that promotes dialogue and seeks consensus between all parties is being replaced by a diplomacy based on force, by individuals or groups of allies” as a result of “war is back in fashion and war zeal is spreading”.

Who are the three cardinals

The cardinal of WashingtonRobert Walter McElroy, was created a cardinal in 2022 by Pope Francis, who then appointed him archbishop of Washington in January 2025; is an advocate for migrants and an vital progressive voice within the Church, with doctorates in Moral Theology and Political Science.