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US troops could disobey questionable orders, Catholic archbishop says
Archbishop Broglio warned troops could face morally questionable orders amid U.S. talks of invading Greenland, a NATO ally, and said disobedience would be morally acceptable.
- On Jan. 18, 2026, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio said U.S. soldiers could in good conscience refuse orders to invade Greenland, speaking as head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services and chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
- Amid President Donald Trump's escalated rhetoric, the White House weighed deploying troops to U.S. cities such as Minneapolis and possible military action to seize Greenland, the semiautonomous Danish territory, while earlier this month Trump said he is constrained only by his "own morality."
- Legal experts warned that under U.S. military law troops must disobey manifestly unlawful orders, but such cases are legally complex and risky; Archbishop Broglio did not specify what qualifies as morally questionable.
- The remarks alarmed European capitals as Broglio said military action in Greenland "tarnishes the image of the United States" and experts warned it risks ending NATO's alliance.
- Cardinals Blase J. Cupich, Robert W. McElroy and Joseph W. Tobin urged a moral foreign policy as the White House said Trump’s military directives met legal standards; six Democratic members earlier urged troops to reject unlawful orders.
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