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THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND VALUES
- 433.
- “The centrality of the human person and the natural inclination of persons and peoples to establish relationships among themselves are the fundamental elements for building a true international community, the ordering of which must aim at guaranteeing the effective universal common good.”
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1911.
- Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Declaration Nostra Aetate, 5: AAS 58 (1966), 743-744.
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 268, 281.
- Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio, 63: AAS 59 (1967), 288.
- Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Octogesima Adveniens, 16: AAS 63 (1971), 413.
- Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, The Church and Racism. Contribution of the Holy See to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Vatican Press, Vatican City 2001.
- “The coexistence among nations is based on the same values that should guide relations among human beings: truth, justice, active solidarity and freedom.”
- 434.
- “International law becomes the guarantor of the international order.”
- Pius XII, Encyclical Letter Summi Pontificatus, 29: AAS 31 (1939), 438-439.
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 292.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 52: AAS 83 (1991), 857-858.
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter in Pacem in Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 284.
- “The international community is a juridical community founded on the sovereignty of each member State, without bonds of subordination that deny or limit its independence.”
- Pius XII, Christmas Radio Message on a Just International Peace (24 December 1939), 5: AAS 32 (1940), 9-11.
- Pius XII, Address to Catholic Jurists on the Community of States and of Peoples (6 December 1953), 2: AAS 45 (1953), 395- 396.
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 289.
- John Paul II, Address to the Fiftieth General Assembly of the United Nations (5 October 1995), 9-10: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 11 October 1995, p. 9.
- 435.
- “The Magisterium recognizes the importance of national sovereignty, understood above all as an expression of the freedom that must govern relations between States.”
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 289-290.
- John Paul II, Address to the Fiftieth General Assembly of the United Nations (5 October 1995), 15: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 11 October 1995, p. 10.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 15: AAS 80 (1988), 528-530.
- John Paul II, Address to UNESCO (2 June 1980), 14: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 23 June 1980, p. 11.
- “National sovereignty is not, however, absolute. Nations can freely renounce the exercise of some of their rights in view of a common goal.”
- John Paul II, Address to the Fiftieth General Assembly of the United Nations (5 October 1995), 14: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 11 October 1995, p. 10.
- John Paul II, Address to the Diplomatic Corps (13 January 2001), 8: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 17 January 2001, p. 2.
- John Paul II, Address to the Fiftieth General Assembly of the United Nations (5 October 1995), 6: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 11 October 1995, p. 8.
RELATIONS BASED ON HARMONY BETWEEN THE JURIDICAL AND MORAL ORDERS
- 436.
- “To bring about and consolidate an international order that effectively guarantees peaceful mutual relations among peoples, the same moral law that governs the life of men must also regulate relations among States.”
- 437.
- “Universal respect of the principles underlying ‘a legal structure in conformity with the moral order’ is a necessary condition for the stability of international life.”
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 277.
- Pius XII, Encyclical Letter Summi Pontificatus: AAS 31 (1939), 438-439.
- Pius XII, Christmas Radio Message (24 December 1941): AAS 34 (1942), 16-17.
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 290, 292.
- John Paul II, Address to the Diplomatic Corps (12 January 1991), 8: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 14 January 1991, p. 3.
- John Paul II, Message for the 2004 World Day of Peace, 5: AAS 96 (2004), 116.
- John Paul II, Message for the 2004 World Day of Peace, 5: AAS 96 (2004), 117.
- John Paul II, Message to the Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University (21 March 2002), 6: L'Osservatore Romano, 22 March 2002, p. 6.
- 438.
- “To resolve the tension that arise among different political communities and can compromise the stability of nations and international security, it is indispensable to make use of common rules in a commitment to negotiation and to reject definitively the idea that justice can be sought through recourse to war.”
- “Not only does the Charter of the United Nations ban recourse to force, but it rejects even the threat to use force.”
- 439.
- “In order to consolidate the primacy of law, the principle of mutual confidence is of the utmost importance.”
- Pius XII, Christmas Radio Message (24 December 1945): AAS 38 (1946), 22.
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 287-288.
- John Paul II, Address to the International Court of Justice, The Hague (13 May 1985), 4: AAS 78 (1986), 520.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 52: AAS 83 (1991), 858.
- John Paul II, Message for the 2004 World Day of Peace, 9: AAS 96 (2004), 120.
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