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According to news reports, Pope Francis has said that the horror of ISIS justifies the use of military force<\/a>. \u00a0Sounds reasonable to me. \u00a0But in that perverted parallel universe known as the Catholic Blogosphere, that could pose some problems. \u00a0In the land where righteousness is obtained by carefully picking and choosing which statements in the last 2000 years matter, the notion advanced by former pope Benedict XVI that we\u2019ve moved past justifiable war was all the rage. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s right. \u00a0Because of our weaponry and the destructive powers we posses, it might be time to reexamine the ability to fight a just war. \u00a0Seems understandable. \u00a0Worth a good debate, \u00a0But in the Catholic Blogosphere, those words became Gospel, and anyone trying to debate \u2013 ahem \u2013 was accused of simply wanting to increase human slaughter; simply wanting to ask how many more humans can be butchered. \u00a0If you were asking \u2018could there be times when war might be justified despite was Benedict suggests?\u2019, why you were instantly accused of nothing but wanting to elevate the carnage and the body count.<\/p>\n

So, by that standard, it looks like our good Pope Francis is just itching to increase human slaughter, correct? \u00a0Not so, for the clever Catholic blogger! \u00a0In a world where amateurs reign supreme, they will have no problem invoking the post-modern mantra of punditry over principles by simply ignoring the standards they used yesterday in order to win the latest argument on the internet today. \u00a0Francis will be the guy of the hour, of course ISIS deserves it, and so on. <\/p>\n

The more I live, the more I realize how utterly useless the blogosphere is for navigating Catholic teaching and a Faith lived out. \u00a0If you must, go to actual sites run by professionals, paid apologists at least, or religious. \u00a0It can still be a crap shoot, but your chances of getting real examples of Church teaching will increase tenfold.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"