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24 MAY 26-JUNE 8, 2018 | DENVER CATHOLIC In Depth 8th grade motto:"Let no one look down on you for your youth, but set an example in speech, conduct, in Love, in Faith, In Purity." – 1 Timothy 4:12 Now enrolling Preschool – 8th Grade students for the 2018-2019 school year. Please contact the office for a tour – 303.377.8835. 1958 Elm St • Denver, CO 80220 303-377-8835 • www.bscs-denver.net "Proudly educating students in the Park Hill area and beyond since 1922" CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2018 BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC SCHOOL Adams Elizabeth Jack Brotherson Charlotte Brown Brenda Casados Giovanni Cimino Dillon Erstad Gracie Gallegos Peter Houtsma Hannah Klossner Caroline Kochevar Robert McKeal Lily Najmulski Paul Nguyen Eamon Nussbaum Nick Passaro Casilda Perez Max Seibol Grason Skaalerud Adelle Tippetts Anna Vogt CONGRATULATIONS! CLASS OF 2018 860 Elm Street, Denver, CO 80220 | (303) 321-2123 | www.ckrcs.org Henry James Bergman Sophia Grace Bertolone Ryan Laird Blue Blake Michael Bridges Andrew Wagner Canjar Eduardo Cruz Iturbide MaKenzie Jo Conda Dana Jenson Robert Davis Bayden Leigh Eddy Isabel Gonzalez-Cruz Carlos Gorbitz Perez Victor Saturnino Guzman Benjamin Clarke Mallory Owen Joseph McCarter Maya Miramontes Arriaga Mia Grace Mowers William Clayton Mowers Dylan Terence Mullen Mary Andolin Nguyen Kibret M. Ogbai Jack Michael Quinn Alexander James Samuelson Peter James Wachholz St. Mary Catholic School salutes with pride the Class of 2018 Congratulations and may the Lord's peace go with you as you look toward the future. Cameron Baginski Elizabeth Baker Charloe Beatson Christofer Bougie Ashly Brady Michael Brouillee Kaitlyn Byrne Elias Cardenas Bridget Cassidy Rocco DePizzol Elizabeth Duon Caroline Elges Carolina Glasso Cole Grider Toby Grosso Julia Hanselman Jules Harlow Daniel Hecker Ethan Honeywell John Ryan Kirkwood Edward Konizeski Ava Lileton Peyton McCoy Elizabeth McGuire Braden O'Hayre Niamh O'Neill Anna Oancia Anna Orf Carlos Pena Imani Perez Mahew Peters Sean Phelps Soa Preston Aidan Rakowski Brooklyn Reagan Joshua Regnery Kathryn Sanders Feliciana Sayers Grace Sikiyan Isabella Smith Enrique Sotomayor Jasmine Stewart Anya Valladares-Luna Noah Wanja Hannah Webster Deeks Woodward Catherine Worachek Soa Xie Robert Young Was Jesus a pacifist? Understanding just-war theory in a nuclear age BY VLADIMIR MAURICIO-PEREZ A s tensions intensify in the Middle East and in relations between the United States, Russia or North Korea, so does the fear of a possible nuclear war — and nobody wants that. Yet it does raise the ques- tions of whether taking part in such a war or any type of war would be something morally viable — if it would violate the evangelical principles of charity towards one's neighbor or whether Jesus ever intended to allow the use of violence. The just-war theory that the Church has a•rmed and rea•rmed through- out the ages then becomes puzzling and begins to appear as something that clearly contradicts what Jesus ever intended to do. To better comprehend the theory at hand, Dr. Terrance Wright, professor of philosophy at St. John Vianney Sem- inary in Denver, helped outline some of the basic principles of this theory in dialogue with the Denver Catholic, rais- ing points that he also addresses in his book Dorothy Day: An Introduction to Her Life and Thought, a volume written on the American Catholic journalist and pacifist in the process of canonization. "Since the states have a responsibil- ity to defend their citizens, they have a right to use force [when necessary]. War can then be justified if it is an act of justice — if it is trying to make sure that each gets its due and peace is restored," he explained. Basic aspects of the theory The just-war theory consists of two parts: jus ad bellum and jus in bello. The first one refers to legiti- mate reasons a state may engage in war and the second to how it must be carried out to remain just. JUS AD BELLUM: St. Thomas Aquinas argues three basic reasons for a just war based on St. Augustine (ST II-II, q. 40): • The authority by which the war is engaged must be legitimate – a ruler entrusted to the common good. • The cause must be just. • The one waging war must intend to advance good and prevent evil. JUS AD BELLUM: The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains further on legitimate conditions to go to war (CCC 2309): • The damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave and certain. • All other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ine¤ective. • There must be serious pros- pects of success. • The use of arms must not pro- duce evils and disorders graver than the evil eliminated. JUS IN BELLO: With regards to the matter of justice within war two aspects are worth highlighting: • You cannot kill non-combatants • You cannot use excessive force to achieve the end (proportionality) PHOTO | PIXABAY

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