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What does it mean?
The speaker claims the Catholic Church has not supported a just war since backing Franco's invasion in the 1930s.
In plain terms
The Church hasn't backed a just war since supporting Franco.
What can you take from it?
Religious institutions can support wars deemed unjust.

Where it applies

  • historical analysis
  • religious critique
  • ethics debate

Putting it to work

  • historical research
  • religious critique
  • ethics analysis

Questions to consider

  • What makes a war just?
  • How do religions define justice?

Another view

Church history on war is complex and debated.

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