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'It's Sickening': US Catholic Cardinal Calls Out White House for Social Media Posts Making Light of Iran War - News From Antiwar.com

Cardinal Blase Cupich condemned the White House for trivializing war and human suffering through social media videos, highlighting over 100 children killed in a US strike on a school.

  • On March 6, 2026 the White House posted videos splicing movie clips with Iran strike footage, prompting Archbishop of Chicago Cupich to call the posts 'sickening' and denounce 'gamifying' war.
  • Amid the war's launch last week, the Trump administration posted videos mixing movies with Iran strike footage, prompting criticism from Cardinal Cupich.
  • Cupich highlighted casualty figures, noting hundreds dead and a likely strike on the Minab school in southern Iran that massacred over 100 children, while the White House post also noted 'Six US soldiers have been killed'.
  • Cardinal Blase J. Cupich urged lawmakers to end efforts that 'gamify' the war, calling those efforts a 'profound moral failure' that strips away humanity, while Ben Stiller and Pope Leo XIV joined calls for change.
  • Cupich warned the posts reduce the distance between battlefield and living room and treat suffering as background entertainment, risking further dehumanization amid regional instability.
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The Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, Blaise Cupich, attacks the White House, judging "disgusting" the video posted on the attacks on Iran with a soundtrack. "While more than 1,000 men, women...

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Antiwar.com broke the news in on Sunday, March 8, 2026.
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