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What is a just war? Inside the war of words between the Trump administration and the Catholic church​
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Apa itu perang yang adil? Di tengah perang kata-kata antara pemerintahan Trump dan gereja Katolik

What is a just war? Inside the war of words between the Trump administration and the Catholic church​

Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Catholic peacebuilding expert Gerard F. Powers talks to The Conversation about the just war tradition.

Pakar pembangunan perdamaian Katolik, Gerard F. Powers, berbicara kepada The Conversation tentang tradisi perang yang adil.

Pope Leo’s words on Palm Sunday were pointed. “Jesus does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war”, he said during an address at the Vatican.

Kata-kata Paus Leo pada Minggu Palma sangat tajam. “Yesus tidak mendengarkan doa mereka yang berperang,” katanya selama pidato di Vatikan.

A few days later in early April, when Timothy Broglio, the archbishop for US military services, was asked on CBS’s Face the Nation if the Iran war is a “just war” in the tradition of the Catholic church, he said: “It is not. While there was a threat with nuclear arms, it’s compensating for a threat before the threat is actually realised.”

Beberapa hari kemudian pada awal April, ketika Timothy Broglio, uskup agung untuk dinas militer AS, ditanya di CBS’s Face the Nation apakah perang Iran adalah “perang yang adil” dalam tradisi gereja Katolik, ia berkata: “Tidak. Meskipun ada ancaman dengan senjata nuklir, ini mengkompensasi ancaman sebelum ancaman itu benar-benar terwujud.”

US Vice President JD Vance – a recent convert to Catholicism – and Mike Johnson, speaker of the House, pushed back, arguing that the conflict does fit within the church’s just war tradition.

Wakil Presiden AS JD Vance – seorang konvert baru ke Katolik – dan Mike Johnson, juru bicara Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, menentang, berargumen bahwa konflik tersebut sesuai dengan tradisi perang yang adil gereja.

Just war theory, first articulated by St Augustine in the fifth century, outlines the church’s moral guidelines for political and military leaders to consider before choosing to go to war. But it’s not static, and the church’s own position has become more restrictive in recent years.

Teori perang yang adil, pertama kali diartikulasikan oleh St Augustine pada abad kelima, menguraikan pedoman moral gereja bagi para pemimpin politik dan militer untuk dipertimbangkan sebelum memutuskan berperang. Namun, teori ini tidak statis, dan posisi gereja sendiri telah menjadi lebih restriktif dalam beberapa tahun terakhir.

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, Jerry Powers, the director of Catholic Peace Building Studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, explains how the Catholic church’s just war tradition evolved and the influence it’s had on US military thinking. Powers was a senior advisor on international policy for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the Iraq war, and was involved in efforts to persuade the Bush administration not to invade.

Dalam episode The Conversation Weekly podcast ini, Jerry Powers, direktur Studi Pembangunan Perdamaian Katolik di University of Notre Dame di Indiana, menjelaskan bagaimana tradisi perang yang adil gereja Katolik berkembang dan pengaruhnya terhadap pemikiran militer AS. Powers adalah penasihat senior kebijakan internasional untuk U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops selama perang Irak, dan terlibat dalam upaya untuk membujuk administrasi Bush agar tidak menyerang.

He sets out the difficulty now facing Catholics serving in the US military, whose archbishop has now spoken out against the war they’re being asked to fight. “It puts military officers and especially soldiers in a real conundrum,” says Powers. “A soldier has no choice but to obey orders, and if you disobey orders you could very serious repercussions. The officer question is a different one because officers are more senior, and I think officers have to just resign their commission if at some point, they think this is an immoral war.”

Dia menjelaskan kesulitan yang dihadapi umat Katolik yang bertugas di militer AS, yang uskup agungnya kini telah bersuara menentang perang yang diminta mereka lawan. “Ini menempatkan perwira militer dan terutama prajurit dalam dilema nyata,” kata Powers. “Seorang prajurit tidak punya pilihan selain mematuhi perintah, dan jika Anda melanggar perintah Anda bisa menghadapi konsekuensi yang sangat serius. Pertanyaan perwira berbeda karena perwira lebih senior, dan saya pikir perwira harus mengundurkan diri dari komisi mereka jika pada suatu saat, mereka merasa ini adalah perang yang tidak bermoral.”

Listen to the interview with Jerry Powers on The Conversation Weekly podcast. This episode of The Conversation Weekly was written and produced by Katie Flood and Mend Mariwany and the executive producer was Gemma Ware. Mixing by Eleanor Brezzi and theme music by Neeta Sarl.

Dengarkan wawancara dengan Jerry Powers di The Conversation Weekly podcast. Episode The Conversation Weekly ini ditulis dan diproduksi oleh Katie Flood dan Mend Mariwany dan produser eksekutifnya adalah Gemma Ware. Mixing oleh Eleanor Brezzi dan musik tema oleh Neeta Sarl.

Newsclips in this episode from CB S News, AP Archive, BB C, CBS Sunday Morning, ABC News, Rome Reports, KREM 2 News, MS NOW and WUSA 9.

Klip berita dalam episode ini dari CB S News, AP Archive, BB C, CBS Sunday Morning, ABC News, Rome Reports, KREM 2 News, MS NOW, dan WUSA 9.

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Gerard F. Powers received a grant from the Nuclear Threat Initiative that helped support the Catholic Peacebuilding Network’s Project on Revitalizing Catholic Engagement on Nuclear Disarmament. He is an expert consultant (unpaid) to the Holy See Mission to the UN. From 1987-2004, Powers was a senior advisor on international policy for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Gerard F. Powers menerima hibah dari Nuclear Threat Initiative yang membantu mendukung Proyek Jaringan Pembangunan Perdamaian Katolik tentang Merevitalisasi Keterlibatan Katolik dalam Pelucutan Senjata Nuklir. Dia adalah konsultan ahli (tidak dibayar) untuk Misi Takhta Suci ke PBB. Dari tahun 1987-2004, Powers adalah penasihat senior kebijakan internasional untuk U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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