The Conversation Weekly, the podcast platform for The Conversation journalism platform, published an episode on April 30 with CPN Coordinator Gerard Powers. The episode foucsed on the recent comments from the Trump administration and Pope Leo XIV concerning just war.
The podcast follows a February article written by Powers for The Conversation analyzing criticism from US bishops of the Trump administrations foreign policy and use of force.
In the podcast interview, Powers explains how the Catholic Church’s just war tradition evolved and the influence it’s had on US military thinking, as well as the challenge the current comments from Church leaders might pose for Catholics serving in the US military.