A Catholic veteran on faith in war. Ep. 127

When Pete Lucier deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 he believed in the
war and the Marine Corps and violence. It was only after returning
to civilian life that he began to question not only the reasons for
the United States’ Middle East wars but his identity as a soldier
who is loved “for my sins,” as he wrote in America. Following the
U.S. drone strike on an Iranian general and ominous talk of “World
War III,” we wanted to talk to Pete about the ways Americans think
and talk about war. We ask about how his experience in Afghanistan
has changed his relationship to violence—and God—and about the
responsibility of Catholic citizens in times of ongoing conflict
and new military tensions.  In Signs of the Times, Pope
Francis condemns anti-Semitism once again ahead of the 75th
anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz; President Trump offers
new guidelines for praying in public schools; and the consecration
of a female Espicopalian bishop at a Catholic Church in Virginia
gets called off in the face of internet outrage. Tell us what you
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