152: Bishop Pens NON-AMBIGUOUS Pastoral Letter on Iran War

About this episode

Bishop John Botean discusses his pastoral letter on the Iran War and reflects on Catholic Church teachings regarding war.

Bishop John Botean reads his Holy Week 2026 pastoral letter, which echoes his letter of 2003. Here is the letter from 2003. READ: https://www.scribd.com/document/4196399/Pastoral-Letter-Iraq-War LISTEN on CAM Episode 91: https://youtu.be/sHJchKQDGDs?si=8XSWXrPZzupPUj3D Some reflections on a recent trip to the ancient temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece, and the "planned ambiguity" in Catholic Church teaching when it comes to war. Buy your "Infallible Jesus" t-shirt here: h...

People in this episode

Host: Ellen

Guest: Bishop John Botean

Topics covered

• Iran War
• Catholic Church teaching
• pastoral letter
• war reflections
• ancient temple
• spirituality

Keywords

• Bishop John Botean
• pastoral letter
• Iran War
• Catholic Church
• war
• spirituality
• Delphi
• Apollo

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Pastoral Letter Iraq War

Places: Delphi, Greece

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