America’s top Catholic clerics denounce militaristic US foreign policy

Photo: A stained glass window depicting Saint Francis of Assisi, the primary patron saint of peace. Photo credit: Fr James Bradley via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Max Rego. The Hill – January 19, 2026.

The three highest-ranking Catholic cardinals who lead archdioceses in the United States issued a statement Monday criticizing U.S. foreign policy as overly militaristic, referencing President Trump’s recent operation in Venezuela and threats to take Greenland by force. In a joint statement, Cardinals Blase Cupich, Robert McElroy and Joseph Tobin, the archbishops of Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Newark, N.J., respectively, reiterated Pope Leo XIV’s remarks to the Vatican diplomatic corps on Jan. 9. […] 

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