Well, holy ____! I was thinking of the current day Catholic Church and at
least my experience of it has been that they are peaceniks for lack of a
better word. Maybe it's just the church in California that is this way, but
I thought that this position was fairly common. Again in recent history -
I'm not talking about the crusades, etc. Wasn't that church criticized for
not taking a stand in WWII? Although they did aid and harbor people being
persecuted. Of course, I also did not mean to say that all Catholics are
anti-war - it is well known that many Catholics do not tend to adhere to all
church dogma. Did you see the Pope's message on the current crisis? You
can read it here
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/010923/80/c4y98.html
Kakki
