War is a terrible evil - precisely because it is an abuse of the power and freedom that God has given. God does not always intervene, because that would make us mechanisms, puppets. He provided everything, including His Son, so that man would not do evil. […] War is a terrible evil because it does not only suffer man, but God in us also suffers: The Spirit of God in us groans, Christ is in us people homeless, hungry, and dying. In His omnipotence, He became powerless. He is not only above us, but He is in us. Therefore, war - viewed theologically - is not only fratricide but also deicide.
(Josef Zvěřina /1913–1990/, excerpt from the text Infallible Man, Catholic News September 21, 1969)
