Hat tip to Fr Stephen Smuts for linking to What moral theologians say about getting involved in Syria by Thomas Reese. This would not be a just war, since Syria has not attacked the United States or France.

Moreover, the Russians are convinced that the nerve gas attacks are the work of the rebels and not the Syrian state. At the G20 meeting in Saint Petersburg, the US and French presidents seem to be isolated in the international community for wanting to attack Syria. Is common sense beginning to prevail? I hope and pray so.

We need to help the victims of war, not add to the killing…