{"id":169,"date":"2025-04-01T22:51:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T22:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=169"},"modified":"2025-09-27T20:59:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:59:24","slug":"bishop-strickland-open-letter-on-the-killings-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=169","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Strickland open letter on the killings in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bishop Strickland, who is outspoken on many issues and not popular in the Vatican. He was removed from his position as Bishop of Tyler, Texas in 2023. The removal &#8211; they said &#8211; was for administrative reasons and not penal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3cfedc8200c-320wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11042\" title=\"Bishop strickland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3cfedc8200c-320wi.jpg 304w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3cfedc8200c-320wi-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #b93936; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Bishop Strickland to President Trump: \u201cthe indiscriminate killing of civilians \u2013 including women and children \u2013 has reached an intolerable scale.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">In the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, I write to you as a successor to the Apostles, compelled by my duty to speak the truth in charity and justice. The worsening crisis in the Middle East, from the war in Gaza to the growing regional conflicts \u2013 including U.S. military actions in Yemen \u2013 demands urgent moral reflection. As a shepherd of souls, I cannot remain silent while thousands suffer the consequences of escalating violence.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The Catholic Church upholds the sacred dignity of every human life, made in the image of God. The Catechism teaches us that \u201cactions deliberately contrary to the law of nations and to its universal principles are crimes\u201d (<em>Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em>, 2313). This applies to all parties engaged in warfare, whether nations, militant groups, or coalitions. While a nation has the right to defend itself and protect its people, such actions must remain within the bounds of justice, proportionality, and moral law.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">In Gaza, the indiscriminate killing of civilians \u2013 including women and children \u2013 has reached an intolerable scale. The people of Palestine, many of whom have no affiliation with terrorist organizations, suffer immensely. War cannot be waged without regard for the innocent. The same applies to Yemen, where U.S. military actions against the Houthis risk inflaming an already volatile situation. Each missile launched, each bomb dropped, threatens to push the region further into chaos, with untold humanitarian consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Full text of letter:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/opinion\/bishop-strickland-publishes-open-letter-to-trump-on-war-in-the-middle-east\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop Strickland, who is outspoken on many issues and not popular in the Vatican. He was removed from his position as Bishop of Tyler, Texas in 2023. The removal &#8211; they said &#8211; was for administrative reasons and not penal. Bishop Strickland to President Trump: \u201cthe indiscriminate killing of civilians \u2013 including women and children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11043,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions\/11043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}