At a time when the long-standing doctrine of “just war” is being hotly debated in the Catholic Church, the following quote, taken from a volume printed by Voyenizdat, the Soviet military publishing house, should be of interest to the American bishops:
. . . On the Communist side, nuclear war will be lawful and just, . . . the natural right and sacred duty of progressive mankind to destroy imperialism. … It will resolve not specific limited political interests but a crucial historical problem, one that affects the fate of all mankind.
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