On this week’s episode of The Prayerful Posse, Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal examine the growing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran and the debate among Catholic leaders over whether the war meets the Church’s just war criteria. The Posse breaks down statements from bishops and Vatican officials and discusses how Catholic moral teaching should be applied to modern warfare.

The panel also looks at disturbing reports of church desecrations in Mexico and the United States, raising questions about rising hostility toward Christianity and religious freedom.

Plus, the Posse analyzes a new Synod report on women in Church leadership, ongoing tensions surrounding the traditional Latin Mass and the SSPX, the Vatican’s quick response to a bishop’s scandal, the looming closure of a historic French monastery, and a moving story of strangers honoring a forgotten Navy veteran.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:55 - U.S. Bishops Weigh In on Iran War
3:16 - Are Preventative Wars Justified?
5:10 - Cupich Slams White House War Video
6:49 - Lebanese Priest Killed in Crossfire
9:07 - Sponsor: Aura
11:08 - WSJ Criticizes Vatican War Response
13:30 - Pope Leo: “Dialogue Is the Only Way”
16:10 - Church Vandalism on the Rise
20:35 - Sponsor: Ave Maria Mutual Funds
22:04 - Synod Report on Women in Church Leadership
29:14 - Cardinal Zen on the SSPX Crisis
33:08 - Cardinal Calls for Latin Mass “Truce”
34:35 - San Diego Bishop Resigns in Scandal
36:48 - Bishop Urges Pope: Choose Holy Advisors
38:18 - 900-Year-Old Monastery May Close
41:35 - Strangers Honor Forgotten Veteran