Three cardinals stand with Pope Leo XIV in unprecedented interview

In an unprecedented joint interview, the three U.S. cardinals who are currently leading archdioceses — Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, Washington, D.C. Cardinal Robert McElroy and Newark, New Jersey, Cardinal Joseph Tobin — spoke with CBS’s Norah O’Donnell in a segment for “60 Minutes” last night. They forcefully echoed Pope Leo XIV’s calls for peace and repeated his, and their own, distress about the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies. Key moments included O’Donnell asking about Iran “Is this a just war?” McElroy replied: “No, in the Catholic teaching this is not a just war. The Catholic faith teaches us there are certain prerequisites for a just war. You can’t go for a variety of different aims. You have to have a focused aim, which is to restore justice and restore peace. That’s it.”   Tobin clarified the pope’s role in addressing issues of world concern: “He’s the pastor of the world. He’s not a pundit. So the distinction is he’s not going to pronounce on everything. But he’s going to pronounce on what’s important.” Asked how he would respond to someone who says they do not want to hear politics from the pulpit, Cupich rejoined: “I say fine. I want to preach the Gospel.
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