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To: Siobhan; All
Formally condemned by the Catholic Church, Gaudium et Spes,(Constitution on the Church in the Modern World) Para 80:

"With these truths in mind, this most holy synod makes its own the condemnations of total war already pronounced by recent popes, and issues the following declaration:

"Any act of war aimed indiscriminately at the destruction of entire cities of extensive areas along with their population is a crime against God and man himself. It merits unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation."

The Council condemned city = target bombing in the same terms that it condemned abortion and infanticide, and for the same reason: because they are the direct, deliberate destruction of innocent human life, and thus are an abomination in the eyes of God.

17 posted on 08/03/2005 2:23:18 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (What does the Lord require of you?)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Exactly. Thank you, Mrs. Don-o, for posting the exact portion of the Conciliar document.


18 posted on 08/03/2005 2:24:30 PM PDT by Siobhan ("Whenever you come to save Rome, make all the noise you want." -- Pius XII)
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