Catholic Archbishop Says It May Be ‘Morally Acceptable’ for U.S. Troops to Disobey Orders

There is a line between providing pastoral care to the troops and meddling in military affairs and national security. The archbishop responsible for all U.S. Catholic chaplains in the military has come close to, if not crossed, that line. 

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Archbishop Timothy Broglio gave an interview to the BBC on a show called Sunday, and said that any U.S. troops who refuse to participate in a hypothetical (at this point) attack on Greenland would then be “in a situation where they’re being ordered to do something that’s morally questionable.”

Needless to say, he is making the clapping seals in the leftist media quite happy. 

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio said it “would be morally acceptable” for U.S. troops to disobey orders that violate their conscience, adding