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‘Morally acceptable’ for U.S. troops to disobey orders, archbishop says

Timothy P. Broglio, who heads the Catholic archdiocese for the U.S. military, expressed concern at President Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland by force.

Timothy P. Broglio, the Catholic archbishop of the U.S. military services. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP)

As the Trump administration intervenes in Venezuela, readies troops for a possible deployment to Minnesota and threatens to seize Greenland, the Catholic archbishop for the U.S. armed forces said it “would be morally acceptable” for troops to disobey orders that violated their conscience.

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