Pope Leo is a good man, a peacemaker, a person who teaches compassion and respect for human dignity.

But His Holiness is also not a fact-based theologian.

According to the group “Minority Rights”, Iran is among the top ten countries in the world that persecute Christians.  Not that there are many of them there - perhaps 300,000 out of a population of 90 million. The Iranian government considers followers of Christ to be “infidels.”  They are closely scrutinized and sometimes harmed.

Exactly who is coming to their aid?  That would be America.

Yet the Pope is clear in his disdain for the war in Iran.  He says Jesus rejects those with “blood on their hands.” Yet I, as a loyal Catholic, believe the Nazarene would honor those who protect the persecuted.

Would I be wrong?

Over to you, Pope Leo.

Hitler and Mao murdered hundreds of thousands of Christian clergy.  The allies had to wage war to stop that madness. Blood flowed.  My book “Confronting Evil” documents that.

Something we all should think about. Sometimes justice requires force.

See you this evening for the No Spin News.