THE RCC AND THE VIETNAM WAR

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DID THEY DO ANY THING TO PREVENT OR TO STOP THIS USELESS WAR?

-- PUNKER AND SDQA (GREG_PISAHOV@HOTMAIL.COM), January 11, 2005

Answers

Like what? What could the Church do to prevent a country from going to war, or to stop a war in progress??

-- Paul M. (PaulCyp@cox.net), January 11, 2005.

condemn this war maybe?

and do a public appeal to all catholics to not take part in it

-- sdqa (sdqa@sdqa.com), January 11, 2005.


Sinc ehte US military enlisted the draft, the appeal not to ge tinvovled wodl ahve been useless since Unvle sam woidl have forced them to anyway...

-- ZAROVE (ZAROFF3@JUNO.COM), January 11, 2005.

Many Catholics did oppose the US's involvement in the Vietnam war. But the issues were not black and white.

-- Steve (55555@aol.com), January 11, 2005.

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