Just War Theory Challenged by Pope Leo XIV & Palestinian Rev. Munther Issac
Rev. Dr. Munther Issac of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem analyses Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas in this 13-minute video and agrees with him. After all, aren't the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank victims of a "Just War" or just another war on Israel's enemies?.
This is from a National Catholic Reporter editorial: "Pope Leo XIV says just war theory is outdated. Catholics should take heed. In Magnifica Humanitas, his first major encyclical, Pope Leo does not treat war as one moral problem among many. He places it within a broader crisis of humanity. He sees an age shaped by technological dominance, artificial intelligence, economic control, militarized politics, weakened international law, and a public imagination trained to believe that war is inevitable." Should other Christians, who have embraced the Just War theory in the past, still agree with a doctrine that originated with St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, two early Catholic theologians?
To better understand the plight of Palestinian Christians and their Muslim neighbors, Rev. Issac is interviewed by two Jewish journalists in "Palestinian Pastor's Plea for Help From American Christians." Here is a WHTT podcast: "Jesus: Prince of Peace or Author of Just Wars?" The text of Magnificat Humanitas: http://whtt.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Just-War-Theory-Pope-Leo-XIV-Magnifica-Humanitas-20260515.pdf
14 Feb 2026
Palestinian Pastor Asks, Are Palestinians Less Human?
Rev. Dr. Munther Issac, a Palestinian Christian pastor, gives an impassioned 3-minute introduction to an Online Film Salon: "A Deafening Silence? US Church Leadership in the Face of Genocide" [click on the link to watch the 110-minute discussion described as: "Christian Faith leaders were pivotal in the civil rights movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, and the boycotts that ended apartheid in South Africa. And yet – after more than 77 years of harsh military occupation, Palestinian home demolitions and forced removal in the West Bank, and 18 years of a blockade culminating in Israel’s carpet bombing, starvation and genocide in Gaza – many U.S. faith leaders seem largely silent. Why? What is the explanation? Does their faith not ask them to speak out? Where do U.S. Christian denominations stand? How can concerned congregants empower their leaders to speak up? Let's talk.
14 Feb 2026
Jesus, Israel, or the Church: Who's First?
Why have so many Christian leaders been supportive of Israel while ignoring the plight of Palestinian Christians who have been killed in Gaza alongside their Muslim neighbors?
Since October 7, 2023, Israel's response to the attack by Hamas, breaking out of the world's largest open-air prison (as described by Bob Simon of CBS's 60 Minutes in 2012), has been brutal on the population of Gaza. Over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed, and over 70% of Gaza has been destroyed, including schools, hospitals, churches, mosques, housing, and infrastructure. Yet, there have been very few Christian voices speaking out for peace and justice. Are they being held back by the false theology of Christian Zionism that has a grip on our nation's leaders?
There are exceptions. Pastor Scott Korljan of the Sojourn Church in Scottsdale, AZ, delivered a powerful message on 2/1/2025 filled with sound, logical biblical references that put Jesus first, not Israel. It's a 35-minute message that needs to be repeated in pulpits across the United States for thinking, caring followers of Christ.
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