In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the church explains what a Just War is and what conditions makes a war justifiable. The Catholic Church teaches that a war should be avoided if possible, but some specific circumstances that the church explains may make the war justifiable. According to the Catholic Church, “governments cannot be denied the right of lawful self-defense once all peace efforts have failed” (CCC 2308). The church insists that legitimate efforts should be made to avoid a war and bring peace, but the church also recognizes that this may not work in every case. Because of this, the Catholic Church explains that there are conditions that make a war just such as, “all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown
