“Is war a sin?”
“If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful.”
“The way to do away with war is for those who do not want war, who regard participation in it a sin, to refrain from fighting.”
“Why are there wars in the world? Why is there this constant international tension? What is the matter with the world? Why war and all the unhappiness and turmoil and discord amongst men? According to this Beatitude, there is only one answer to these questions-sin. Nothing else; just sin.”
“At war a Russian man puts on a white shirt. He may live in sin, but he dies like a saint.”
“Every war invariably results in terrible tragedies, immense waste and sinful destruction. All wars, no matter how big or small, how nearby or far away, diminish OUR humanity to a barbaric level.”