Pope Bob rarely fails to disappoint.
LeoWatch: Earning the Title of Francis II
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
I haven’t read the encyclical, but isn’t it possible that the framework of the Just War Theory would become obsolete when human decision-making is removed from the battlefield?
Just War has nothing to do with the battlefield and everything to do with the initiation of the war. Iron dome defenses against missiles use AI but this has nothing to do with why the conflict that causes missiles to fly has been initiated, let alone the morality underlying the conflict. Pope Bob is simply a pacifist and will do what he can to make the Catholic Church pacifist. A very odd stance for an Augustinian.
Guidance systems be they scope over iron sights, AI over radar, are still under human control until activated. And human beings are still wounded by sin. The idea that it’s wrong to defend the innocent is an evil one.
The SSPX priests who will be ordained bishops are all very solid. They’ve taught, built, instructed and defended the Catholic Faith. All reasons priests were once chosen to be bishops. They did not hold Pride masses, remove kneelers, bless homosexual couples…. to be awarded with ordination.
The difference is striking. And that’s the reason Cardinal Fernandez is having a hissy fit and will throw his excommunication handbag.
No, Don, you’re wrong. Just War Theory applies both to reasons for war and conduct during war.
Atrocities do not require AI to be committed Pinky. I doubt that is the point Pope Bob, or the AI he used, or the Francis hold overs he used to draft this mess, were struggling to make.