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Church History Does Not Support Trump’s Expansionism

EDWARD FESER

There is no theological support to be found for U.S. seizure of Greenland by military force. It would clearly violate the traditional natural law criteria of just war doctrine and would be as manifestly unjust a war as any in recent memory.

From Little Rock to Minneapolis

R. R. RENO

A nonprofit leader said that the average organized protesters “are church members, retirees, and parents.” In other words, they’re “really mainstream normies.” The same could have been said of parents who rioted in opposition to busing in Boston.

True Humans

STEPHEN M. BARR

From the February issue: The universal magisterium of the Church said nothing about evolution until 1950, more than ninety years after Darwin published his Origin of Species.

Was Maduro’s Arrest Legal?

MARK MOVSESIAN

Maduro’s arrest, which involved a significant U.S. military operation in Venezuelan territory, may well violate the U.N. Charter. Still, the administration can plausibly argue that his prosecution in U.S. courts may proceed.

The Lonely Passion of Reginald Pole

PATRICIA SNOW

From the February issue: Pole did not live to see the exemplary fidelity of his bishops, who, at the price of their freedom, exactly reversed the arithmetic of the episcopacy under Henry. When Henry demanded fealty, all but one bishop apostatized; under Elizabeth, all but one stood firm.